> whereas today's upper-middle-class strivers see them as more of a necessity "to dedicate more time to working." I don't understand HN's tendency to swallow t

> whereas today's upper-middle-class strivers see them as more of a necessity "to dedicate more time to working." I don't understand HN's tendency to swallow this claim whole. If you convert any increase in free time immediately into more work time, that's a problem with your work/life balance, not with whatever is increasing your free time.