52.Can value be created without labor

52.Can value be created without labor?
An interesting question is, when do people create economic growth?
The answer seems to be obvious, when we work.
However, we can see that a lot of important knowledge and technology accumulated by human beings are actually created in the time of no labor.
Einstein, for example, is a civil servant in the Swiss patent office. But his invention of the theory of relativity is the result of his hobbies, not his concentration on work.
So why was Marx so excited to see the British workers strive to shorten their working hours, from 12 hours to 10 hours, from 10 hours to 8 hours?
Because according to his theory, what is time? "Time is the space for human development". If we devote all our time to work, we will lose the space for everyone's personal development. In the long run, it will be detrimental to economic growth.
So many people have been isolated at home for so many days. If you take the opportunity to have more space for personal development, it's a blessing in disguise.
不劳动也能创造价值吗？
一个有趣的问题，人在什么时候创造经济增长呢？
答案好像很明显，劳动的时候啊。
但是，跳出来一看，人类很多重要的知识和技术积累，其实是在不劳动的时间里创造的。
就比如说爱因斯坦，他的本职工作呢，是瑞士专利局的公务员。但他发明相对论呢，是业余爱好的结果，不是专心工作的结果啊。
所以，为什么马克思看到当年的英国工人争取缩短工作时间，从12个小时到10个小时，从10个小时再到8个小时，马克思那么兴奋呢？
因为按照他的理论，时间是啥，“时间是人类发展的空间”，如果把全部时间都投入到劳动，丧失了每个人个人发展的空间，长期看，对经济增长反而不利。
这么说来，这么多人被隔离在家这么多天，如果你趁机多了些个人发展的空间，其实也算是因祸得福啊。
重点词汇
economic growth 经济增长；经济成长
human beings 人 ; human being的复数
for example 例如;比如
civil servant 公务员，文职人员
Swiss patent 【财】瑞士专利
according to 据 ; 按 ; 依照 ; 按照 ; 根据