there are three bold theses in this article, > Better technology means higher expectations—and higher expectations create more work. > A lot of modern overwor

there are three bold theses in this article, > Better technology means higher expectations—and higher expectations create more work. > A lot of modern overwork is class and status maintenance—for this generation and the next. > Technology only frees people from work if the boss—or the government, or the economic system—allows it. It seems high expectations and class and status maintenance are just capitalism masquerading as culture. In France, the slogan we hear is "Work more to earn more," to which people reply in complaint, "I'm working more and earning the same!" But why can't we do "work less, earn less and have more time?"