Shorter working week
Posted: July 7th, 2021, 7:11 pm
There is no sign that the politicos will do what is clearly necessary anent the environment, set about reducing the human population.
At the same time, automation proceeds apace.
It is suggested that white-collar decision-making jobs are on the block...
Self-driving taxis...
Etc...
So, more people, fewer jobs. Something's gotta give.
Interesting write-up of a five-year experiment in Iceland, working fewer hours but with the same output.
Output measured how, I think, but taking that as read.....
Now, it has to be said, the Icelanders are intelligent. They have the third-highest literacy rate in the world.. 99.9% in a survey where the UK was 17th. https://icelandmag.is/article/icelanders-are-third-most-literate-nation-world-according-us-scholar
Could this work in the UK?
If not, what's to become of all the economically surplus people?
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/
V8 (used to work 50/55 hours in The City)
At the same time, automation proceeds apace.
It is suggested that white-collar decision-making jobs are on the block...
Self-driving taxis...
Etc...
So, more people, fewer jobs. Something's gotta give.
Interesting write-up of a five-year experiment in Iceland, working fewer hours but with the same output.
Output measured how, I think, but taking that as read.....
Now, it has to be said, the Icelanders are intelligent. They have the third-highest literacy rate in the world.. 99.9% in a survey where the UK was 17th. https://icelandmag.is/article/icelanders-are-third-most-literate-nation-world-according-us-scholar
Could this work in the UK?
If not, what's to become of all the economically surplus people?
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/
V8 (used to work 50/55 hours in The City)