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Wouldn't it be 4 8's? Why are we constrained to requiring 40 hours/week when productivity has skyrocketed over the last 30 years?

Hours/week should be indexed to a productivity index, just as entitlements are indexed to inflation/CPI.



A lot of people like the feeling of progression. If, whenever I improve somewhere, I have to cut back elsewhere to keep myself at the same overall level of productivity, that just feels bad. I'd rather just get more work done and get a raise.


I don't think the your parent was talking on an individual level, but a more macroeconomic level where this appears to not be happening[1].

[1] http://www.winningwordsproject.com/assets/pages/340/producti...


Correct. Thank you.


If it doesn't happen at the individual level, why should it happen at the systemic level?




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