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> Labour is usually 8hrs/day 40hr/week. Bc we got used to. Because working more overtime lowers average productivity. That's a reason why Ford switched to a 40

> Labour is usually 8hrs/day 40hr/week. Bc we got used to. Because working more overtime lowers average productivity. That's a reason why Ford switched to a 40-hour week even though he wasn't legally required to do so. And its likely is a factor for why "South Korea has the fastest shortening working time in the OECD" and "[in China] work hours have reportedly been falling for about three decades due to rising productivity, better labor laws, and the spread of the two-day weekend." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time > I myself have even worked 22 hours in a row Sure. But don't mix short exceptions like this with derision about 40hr/weeks and "when Korean and Chinese overtake us", because those are two entirely different topics.

germandiago 4y ago
> Sure. But don't mix short exceptions like this with derision about 40hr/weeks and "when Korean and Chinese overtake us", because those are two entirely different topics. No, I do not try to mix it. Just the news looked like a bit out of context to me. I do not know what they found when they started to inspect and how urgent it is to fix or whatever whatever they found, but I guess that Musk is not carrying with him a whip and making everyone sleep in-office systematically. It could be perfectly a peak of work for some reason. but it looks like they try to mean something else.
- eesmith 4y ago
  Then how does "when Korean and Chinese overtake us" have any relevancy to the context? > but I guess that Musk is not carrying with him a whip and making everyone sleep in-office systematically Sweatshop bosses don't usually carry whips either, so your hyperbolic analogy doesn't really seem that meaningful.
  - germandiago 4y ago
    It seems I will have to explain it as I would for a kid: I do not think he is trying to enslave workers systematically :)
    - eesmith 4y ago
      For your encore, how is "when Korean and Chinese overtake us" relevant context?

germandiago 4y ago

> Sure. But don't mix short exceptions like this with derision about 40hr/weeks and "when Korean and Chinese overtake us", because those are two entirely different topics. No, I do not try to mix it. Just the news looked like a bit out of context to me. I do not know what they found when they started to inspect and how urgent it is to fix or whatever whatever they found, but I guess that Musk is not carrying with him a whip and making everyone sleep in-office systematically. It could be perfectly a peak of work for some reason. but it looks like they try to mean something else.

eesmith 4y ago
Then how does "when Korean and Chinese overtake us" have any relevancy to the context? > but I guess that Musk is not carrying with him a whip and making everyone sleep in-office systematically Sweatshop bosses don't usually carry whips either, so your hyperbolic analogy doesn't really seem that meaningful.
- germandiago 4y ago
  It seems I will have to explain it as I would for a kid: I do not think he is trying to enslave workers systematically :)
  - eesmith 4y ago
    For your encore, how is "when Korean and Chinese overtake us" relevant context?