Re:Why are we still working this hard?
by esseph on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @04:21PM
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They said "if we all moved out of the cities". Do you think the whole world could live in the countryside? Historically people moved to the cities because they weren't able to live in the countryside anymore...
Re:Why are we still working this hard?
by testing22321 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @04:22PM
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I am also very happy your choice has worked for you and you are happy.
Obviously it’s horses for courses.
That being said, would you take an extra paid week of leave if offered? What about two or three? Would you be happier? What if you had 20 weeks of paid leave? Would you be happier?
I think the very vast majority of people would work less if they could.
> I think the very vast majority of people would work less if they could.
But you also said "the choice is there". So which is it? If you think they can, and you also think they would do it if they could, then why do you think they don't?
> The fact that cities are big is cause by people wanting to live there, not elsewhere.
Actually, people moved to cities to get a job, when it became harder to have one in the country side because of industrialisation.
But we’ve fixed the life expectancy since then. Nowadays cities actually have higher life expectancy.
I love the city, the friend group, being into some communities that do not exist in small towns.
If you'd put the outdoorsy small town lifestyle on me, I'd kill myself.
I'm really happy for you it worked out, but what you suggest is not an overall solution. (And just imagine how your town would look like, if we all moved out of the cities ... we'd create new cities).
The fact that cities are big is cause by people wanting to live there, not elsewhere.