Should people over 40 work a three-day week?

Re:Should people over 40 work a three-day week? by st3v3r on Monday August 08, 2016 @01:50PM (#12249575)

Whatever happened to those productivity gains we got from the 50s and 60s? The ones that were supposed to make it so we could work two to three days a week?

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Re:Should people over 40 work a three-day week? by rhizome on Monday August 08, 2016 @03:07PM (#12250122)

Red Queen Syndrome[1], those productivity gains also created increased demands on the workforce.

1. http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/redqueen.html

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Re:Should people over 40 work a three-day week? by tempodox on Monday August 08, 2016 @02:32PM (#12249874)

I would imagine it's something similar to what happens when you build a faster and more capable CPU: Someone makes an OS whith shiny features that eat all the gains.

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