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Re:America’s Fever of Workaholism Is Finally Breaking by RajT88 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @03:56PM (#34601939)
> Well it's been like this since the dawn of humanity.

I mean - hunter gatherer societies usually had all their food gathering and chores done in just a few hours a day. Spending the rest of their time doing all those things humans like to do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer#Social_and_eco...

We could probably figure out how to remove inefficiencies from the markets and have 20 hour workweeks, if enough of us wanted to.

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Re:America’s Fever of Workaholism Is Finally Breaking by Damogran6 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:40PM (#34603399)
ChatGPT seems like it could make a lot of jobs irrelevant.
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Re:America’s Fever of Workaholism Is Finally Breaking by hpen on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:53PM (#34606133)
Well I mean if you pick more berries than you need they go bad. But money doesn’t just expire.
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