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> Mom, dad, and kid all need to go to work/school at roughly the same time. That's okay, once automation really gets going, Mom & Dad will be out of work, solv

> Mom, dad, and kid all need to go to work/school at roughly the same time. That's okay, once automation really gets going, Mom & Dad will be out of work, solving that problem.

skorecky 11y ago
That's kinda the point. We all work too much right now as it is. http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/you-really-dont-need-to-work-so-much http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/you-really-dont-...
- bduerst 11y ago
  CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter was just in the On-Point podcast saying the same thing (in context to work-life balance and family), that we have a bias for thinking the person who comes in at 6am and leaves at 6pm is a good worker. This bleeds over into decisions that affects other aspects such as telecommuting, paternity leave, etc.
  - mattlutze 11y ago
    Bertrand Russell wrote a rather famous [0] essay on it in the 1930's. 0: http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html
    - bduerst 11y ago
      Russel is one of my favorites and I never knew he wrote this - thanks for sharing.
lambdasquirrel 11y ago
That sounds funny, but when you put this together with the known increasing costs of supporting suburban infrastructure, it's possible that that whole style of life will be outcompeted and put out of business in most places. Or it will become a poverty trap.