[account42]

> A 40 hour work week does take up time, but still leaves enough time for other activities.

How much is enough time?

> Most people don't die during their working life either.

But they do tend to have kids long before retiring.

Work is unavoidable, yes, at least until we can automate everything. But are 40 hour weeks unavoidable for our currently standard of living? I doubt it.

[tgv]

How much is enough? With the dwindling labor force, 40 hours is going to be the minimum. Automating everything is a pipe dream. It's really hard, the break-through tech isn't there, and there are not enough engineers to build robots for all those tasks.