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Eight hours per day came out of studies of rote assembly line labor. Has there been evidence that's also the optimum for a creative desk job?
by prodigal_erik 14y ago
Eight hours per day came out of studies of rote assembly line labor. Has there been evidence that's also the optimum for a creative desk job?
- marvin 14y agoI don't think this has been established. But regardless, wazoox is saying that even eight hours a day (of real, focused work that doesn't involve checking Hacker News or Facebook all the time) is too much for most people over a long period of time. It's all anecdotal evidence - I guess you could pull off a bit more if your job is your life. I've never met anyone who meets this criterion, but maybe someone else has.
- GeneralMaximus 14y agoI've heard four to six hours a day, but I cannot cite sources. This Google query returns some promising results but you'll have to dig deeper than this for scientific studies: https://www.google.com/search?q=six+hours+per+day+creative+work https://www.google.com/search?q=six+hours+per+day+creative+w...