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Isn't air conditioning intended to solve the too-hot-to-work problem?

warent 5y ago
Vast majority of working humans have no AC in their work environment. Highly wealthy counties like the US often forget we're in the luxury minority
- kranner 5y ago
  I'm in India, a non-wealthy non-AC too-hot-to-work-at-noon country (for most parts of the country almost all through the year). I was responding to this sentence: > In some countries it's very hot at noon so working is difficult. Especially with air conditioning. I'm confused because it sounds as if GP meant that air conditioning exacerbates the problem of it being too hot to work. The intent of installing AC is definitely to improve productivity that would be lost to the uncomfortable climate.
  - watwut 5y ago
    The most likely explanation is that it was an typo error or autocorrect.
    - kranner 5y ago
      That makes sense, thanks.
drewcoo 5y ago
A/C is a pretty new invention. Mid-day rest is an older convention. And it's a matter of social convention at this point rather than a practical solution to a problem. We're social animals and that tends to happen.
- hungryforcodes 5y ago
  My point though being-- even with AC it's a good innovation. We are all chronically short on sleep these days. I'm surprised about the resistance to it in this thread.
  - gruez 5y ago
    >We are all chronically short on sleep these days. I'm surprised about the resistance to it in this thread. People are short on sleep because they have too much stuff to do, not because there aren't enough opportunities to sleep. Adding an hour of sleep at noon isn't a free lunch (heh). You'll have one less hour of work done during the day, so all else being equal, you'll probably go to sleep 1 hour later and benefits are neutralized.
    - hungryforcodes 5y ago
      That's not true though if you were underslept in the first place. You'd just be catching up at your noon nap. Also it is a free lunch. People sleeping DURING their lunch. I'm not sure how this would add to their workload if they are doing it anyways. Also now everyone is remote so WHY not have a noon nap? Even at my last startup which was in the West we had a nap couch and it was in constant use from like 1pm to 3pm. But as I said - Anglophones seem to like punishing themselves.
roberto2016 5y ago
missed the "without" in the AC statement i think.
- spaetzleesser 5y ago
  Correct. I am horrible at typing on the phone.

Vast majority of working humans have no AC in their work environment. Highly wealthy counties like the US often forget we're in the luxury minority

kranner 5y ago
I'm in India, a non-wealthy non-AC too-hot-to-work-at-noon country (for most parts of the country almost all through the year). I was responding to this sentence: > In some countries it's very hot at noon so working is difficult. Especially with air conditioning. I'm confused because it sounds as if GP meant that air conditioning exacerbates the problem of it being too hot to work. The intent of installing AC is definitely to improve productivity that would be lost to the uncomfortable climate.
- watwut 5y ago
  The most likely explanation is that it was an typo error or autocorrect.
  - kranner 5y ago
    That makes sense, thanks.

drewcoo 5y ago

A/C is a pretty new invention. Mid-day rest is an older convention. And it's a matter of social convention at this point rather than a practical solution to a problem. We're social animals and that tends to happen.

hungryforcodes 5y ago
My point though being-- even with AC it's a good innovation. We are all chronically short on sleep these days. I'm surprised about the resistance to it in this thread.
- gruez 5y ago
  >We are all chronically short on sleep these days. I'm surprised about the resistance to it in this thread. People are short on sleep because they have too much stuff to do, not because there aren't enough opportunities to sleep. Adding an hour of sleep at noon isn't a free lunch (heh). You'll have one less hour of work done during the day, so all else being equal, you'll probably go to sleep 1 hour later and benefits are neutralized.
  - hungryforcodes 5y ago
    That's not true though if you were underslept in the first place. You'd just be catching up at your noon nap. Also it is a free lunch. People sleeping DURING their lunch. I'm not sure how this would add to their workload if they are doing it anyways. Also now everyone is remote so WHY not have a noon nap? Even at my last startup which was in the West we had a nap couch and it was in constant use from like 1pm to 3pm. But as I said - Anglophones seem to like punishing themselves.

roberto2016 5y ago

missed the "without" in the AC statement i think.

spaetzleesser 5y ago
Correct. I am horrible at typing on the phone.