We should only work 25 hours a week, argues professor
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Just imagine what you'd do with the other six days[^] (less an hour)
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Just imagine what you'd do with the other six days[^] (less an hour)
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I support that. I'm ready to start now! ^^
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Just imagine what you'd do with the other six days[^] (less an hour)
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love the idea but going from say 5 days work to 3 days would probably mean some reduction in salary. however, work typically kills creativity, specially overtime work, that's why western world still leads Asia and China. (worker bee will never understand they can never be #1) so, reducing length of work week may help (but I doubt it, 3 days or 25 hrs a little extreme)
dev
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love the idea but going from say 5 days work to 3 days would probably mean some reduction in salary. however, work typically kills creativity, specially overtime work, that's why western world still leads Asia and China. (worker bee will never understand they can never be #1) so, reducing length of work week may help (but I doubt it, 3 days or 25 hrs a little extreme)
dev
Well, if normally works from say 20-60, that's 40 years, but instead 20-80, 60 years. Then you can spread the same work over 50% more years. So you could work 33% less in your younger years. Like here in the Netherlands part of your current income goes into pension build up (about 10%), and taxes that will go into a base salary for pensioned people (not sure how much). One could scrap these institutions (and save a lot of money because these are just money eating money redirection schemes). So I think it's doable if just looking at percentages. However I don't see myself programming anymore at 80! :-D
Wout
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Just imagine what you'd do with the other six days[^] (less an hour)
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Nice article! I have to say I'm too working less than 40 hours at the moment, and enjoying it!
Wout
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Just imagine what you'd do with the other six days[^] (less an hour)
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It's hard for me to reconcile that claim with the uncertainty most people experience with regard to things like retirement and healthcare. I don't feel much of an urge to spend an additional 15+ hours per week just goofing off until such questions are addressed for me and my family.
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It's hard for me to reconcile that claim with the uncertainty most people experience with regard to things like retirement and healthcare. I don't feel much of an urge to spend an additional 15+ hours per week just goofing off until such questions are addressed for me and my family.
Well, I'm not sure that I'd count, "spending time with loved ones" as "goofing off". Certainly not in front of them anyway. But I see your point. It would definitely require a lot of changes to society to make this work. Retiring at 80 wouldn't leave that many people left to retire.
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It's hard for me to reconcile that claim with the uncertainty most people experience with regard to things like retirement and healthcare. I don't feel much of an urge to spend an additional 15+ hours per week just goofing off until such questions are addressed for me and my family.
You won't spend it goofing off. You will spend it driving your car farther and farther to the sub-sub-sub-sub-suburb which is the only place you will be able to afford a house. The 90 minute commute is already common in California, has been for decades, and is now spreading to other areas as well
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You won't spend it goofing off. You will spend it driving your car farther and farther to the sub-sub-sub-sub-suburb which is the only place you will be able to afford a house. The 90 minute commute is already common in California, has been for decades, and is now spreading to other areas as well