[dsugarman]

>The way the post is worded right now seems to be phrased in a way that 3-day weekends are blindingly obvious

Seems like all anti-work propaganda (ie: r/antiwork) to me, there's no meat. You could turn this post into an inductive proof saying it is so obvious that having X-1 days is better than X days of work until you get smacked in the face trying to hand wave that 1->0 will have no impact on productivity.

[dfxm12]

there's no meat

This ignores that there have been trials about this. Companies trying 4 day work weeks have found their workers to be more productive.

Also, consider that worker productivity has gone up since the 70s, but wages haven't kept pace.

In surveys, most people say they'd rather have 4 day work week. 5 days is in second place. then it goes down from 3.

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/04/776163853/microsoft-japan-say...

[ahoy]

The worker is alienated from (most of) the product of their labor. Until that changes, "productivity" doesn't benefit them, only their employers. Why should we want more of that?

[bowsamic]

I agree. The capitalist is anti-worker

[Dylan16807]

So what if there's an impact on productivity? Productivity has increased far more than necessary since the last time we adjusted typical hours.

I'd compare it to getting rid of smaller coins. Sure, it would cause some rounding hassle, but the last time we got rid of a coin the smallest remaining one was worth more than a 2020 quarter.

It seems pretty obvious to me, based on the non-linear utility of money, that as productivity increases the ideal work week shrinks. Is that not a good enough sketch of a proof?

[wahnfrieden]

it's fine to dream of ways to replace work with automation, for massive productivity increases to lead not only to bigger investor returns but also a higher standard of living, and to talk about how it can be realized without waiting around for it to happen or making everyone's lives worse. aren't we mostly dev types here, where this is what we think of already all the time - how to reach your goals with less action and time. why choose to owe all that time saved to your boss where the primary reward is more work to spend that newly-gained spare time on (I know the reasons people give)