We're rapidly approaching (have almost certainly passed) the point where it would be feasible for the average worker to do far less than 40 hours a week.
Notwithstanding the cultural & structural reasons we can't get there from here, that is.
But at some point in the future, most of what we now call "work" will not be done by people.
This has the potential to be incredibly liberating, if by then we will have found ways to decouple a persons ability to meet basic economic necessities from their ability to find a job.
Notwithstanding the cultural & structural reasons we can't get there from here, that is.
But at some point in the future, most of what we now call "work" will not be done by people.
This has the potential to be incredibly liberating, if by then we will have found ways to decouple a persons ability to meet basic economic necessities from their ability to find a job.