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This is not correct. We work like crazy[1], the machine should continue moving: we are fat but it costs us a lot. [1] https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/r
by kaskakokos 4y ago
This is not correct.
We work like crazy[1], the machine should continue moving: we are fat but it costs us a lot.
[1] https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.html https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_...
- twblalock 4y agoI think most people would rather have modern working hours and a modern quality of life, than have pre-industrial working hours and a pre-industrial quality of life.
- _cenw 4y agoThe 8 hour workday is not as modern as you might be assuming. In the US it was introduced (though force, really) in the 1860s.
- twblalock 4y agoI am fully aware of the history of that. What point are you trying to make?
- _cenw 4y agoMaybe the standard of 150 years ago isn't sufficient anymore, especially facing the extreme improvements in productivity (aside from the creation of bullshit jobs).
- twblalock 4y agoWe don't have the standard of 150 years ago. 150 years ago the 8-hour work day was fought for by workers who had to normally work from dawn to dusk, 6 days a week. It was a reform, not an imposition! Today we work far fewer hours than our ancestors did, we make a lot more money for the work we do, we have more days off, a better standard of living, and much longer life expectancy with the possibility of multi-decade retirement. Things are way better now!
- kaskakokos 4y agoIt can be. One man, one life. I would like to live other lives to be able to compare, because you can't choose what you don't know. I see advantages in both.
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