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Good question but here is my take. Even though technology has not reduced the amount of hours we work in a week (average 40 in the US), it has reduced the elaps
by yashchandra 14y ago
Good question but here is my take. Even though technology has not reduced the amount of hours we work in a week (average 40 in the US), it has reduced the elapsed time to finish a certain trivial task. For example, wall street traders still work the same hours per week but they can execute hundreds and thousands of transactions per day with technology. Imagine when trading used to happen without computers.
- AznHisoka 14y agoHmm then what's the use of efficiency to us personally, if we still work the same amount of hours?
- yashchandra 14y agoYou are asking the question of "how can we have more time for ourselves without needing to be at work 8 hours a day necessarily". That IMO has nothing to do with technology. But yes, i agree that ideally, we should be able to choose how we spend our time in a day/week efficiently but technology is not the only answer.
- tlear 14y agoWe get a much higher benefit from it. What used to be considered huge house, multiple cars, tons of gages, vacation in France another one in Mexico in winter etc.