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Name one time in all of history when increased productivity translated to workers working less. I'll wait.
by BugsJustFindMe 3mo ago
Name one time in all of history when increased productivity translated to workers working less. I'll wait.
- bluefirebrand 3mo agoEvery single worker that has been laid off due to "increased AI productivity" is working less As a broad historical trend? Maybe not But fewer people working, right now? Absolutely
- BugsJustFindMe 3mo ago> Every single worker that has been laid off due to "increased AI productivity" is working less This isn't a useful definition of working less in the thread context and is not the kind of working less that I meant. If it helps, imagine that I had asked for "when increased productivity translated to workers personally reaping the benefits of the increased productivity by being able to thrive while doing less instead of either being laid off or just being expected to do more".
- bluefirebrand 3mo agoYeah. Sorry. This is just a personal gripe of mine. It rubs me the wrong way when people use "work less" as a shorthand for "workers getting a benefit"
- verdverm 3mo agoWe used to have people, including children, working up to 80 hours a week. We now have laws that limit those things. One does not have to create a direct causal relationship. One should more likely expect them to be separate because of the adversarial aspects between labor-capital. https://www.aeaweb.org/research/workweek-restrictions-great-depression https://www.aeaweb.org/research/workweek-restrictions-great-...