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This is a really great article, if a bit long. This is something that is definitely coming to the fore in our circle. The 37signals "less is more", four day w
by subwindow 18y ago
This is a really great article, if a bit long. This is something that is definitely coming to the fore in our circle. The 37signals "less is more", four day work week philosophy is becoming more and more popular, and this article lays the groundwork for the philosophy quite well.
I sincerely wonder why people don't strive to work less. When most people finally achieve a comfortable wage, the thought process is always "buy more" and never "work less." I wonder if we'll see that change in the near future. I hope so.
- justindz 18y agoI hope it changes as well. Competitive living is really unhealthy. We measure ourselves against others because that is the easiest measurement and we measure ourselves against others like us and near us because that is the most readily available and understandable benchmark. I often hear it said that the desire of any parent is to have their kids be better off than they were. We seem to think that means our kids should live in bigger houses and have more stuff, when in reality it might mean that our kids should be just as comfortable but spend less time getting there and end up happier. Most people get rich so they can have expensive-looking things around the house for when guests come over. That's a cold war-like zero sum game that will eventually leave us unsatisfied and on fistfuls of designer mood medicine with bizarre cumulative side-effects. Remember what Tyler Durden said: "The things you own end up owning you."