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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by timacles on Saturday May 31, 2025 @07:31AM (#44143541)
What percentage of people would you say like working for fun? Would you really claim they make up a significant portion of society?

Even myself, work a job that I enjoy building things that I’m good at, that is almost stress free, and after 10-15 years find that I would much rather spend time with my family or even spend a day doing nothing rather than spend another hour doing work for other people. the work never stops coming and the meaninglessness is stronger than ever.

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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by tim333 on Saturday May 31, 2025 @08:05AM (#44143694)
Well - I guess you are maybe typical in quite liking the work but wanting to do less hours? I saw some research that hunter gatherers work about 20 hours a week - maybe that's an optimum.
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by chipsrafferty on Saturday May 31, 2025 @06:52PM (#44147493)
A lot of people like the work they do, but they also like the things they do when they aren't working - more.
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by ghaff on Saturday May 31, 2025 @05:24PM (#44147008)
I think a lot of people would work fewer hours and probably retire earlier if money were absolutely not in the equation. That said, it's also true that there are a lot of things you realistically can't do on your own--especially outside of software.
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