Re:Microsoft Japan’s 4-day workweek experiment sees producti...
by colechristensen on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @04:32AM
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My philosophy is that creative work can't be scheduled. It can't be forced.
Moreso as the time allotted goes up and the arete of life goes down.
My most productive, correct, happy, focused work comes when all of my needs are met excellently and when I feel like it. You can't tell me when to have a very good day of work, but the more you take care of me, the more often, intense, and extensive my best days are.
40 hour work days are for drones, slaves, people doing mindless or obvious work. I'll call that Drudgery. Its opposite I'll call Art.
Hire a painter to create new works, 9-5, and you'll get something which with shallow judgement looks like art, tries to be, but is simply not. Become a patron of an artist and you might get something real.
People are learning that art is not drudgery and when you confuse the two you get bad quality work, inefficient work, and bad quality life.
Moreso as the time allotted goes up and the arete of life goes down.
My most productive, correct, happy, focused work comes when all of my needs are met excellently and when I feel like it. You can't tell me when to have a very good day of work, but the more you take care of me, the more often, intense, and extensive my best days are.
40 hour work days are for drones, slaves, people doing mindless or obvious work. I'll call that Drudgery. Its opposite I'll call Art.
Hire a painter to create new works, 9-5, and you'll get something which with shallow judgement looks like art, tries to be, but is simply not. Become a patron of an artist and you might get something real.
People are learning that art is not drudgery and when you confuse the two you get bad quality work, inefficient work, and bad quality life.