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by fsckboy 1257 days ago
> Three to four hours of deep work could be enough to complete the daily workload...

only if you make a case that six to eight hours of deep work is somehow not possible. Perhaps you make a good faith effort to get 6 to 8 but you can't seem to do it, or you're too exhausted after 3 or 4, but you can't simply demand that you should get paid for 8 but you're only going to work for 3 or 4 because that's enough.

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Unless you are paid hourly I don't see why that should matter even remotely.
> only if you make a case that six to eight hours of deep work is somehow not possible.

6 to 8 hours of deep work is certainly possible but is it sustainable? I don't think so, minds need some slack time, enter a different mode of thinking, etc. For this reason work is chunked into workable amounts which it makes it sustainable as well.