[sangnoir]

> But most people working a typical job (even in tech) are not in a position to care deeply about their work and its outcomes

Perhaps most people - after looking at their paystub - are acutely aware that their employer doesn't deeply care about them. In my experience, there is a direct link between how much effort I put in going above and beyond in my work and how much higher (or lower) than average my salary was - with an inverse experience multiplier. I put in lot's of unrewarded effort fresh out of school. I didn't know any better, and probably used work to fill up down-time

[jeremyjh]

That isn’t really relevant to the topic, which isn’t an indictment of workers but a simple explanation of the “productivity benefits” of less work.

[neuronic]

Why do you need to put "productivity benefits" in quotes?

I hope I am misinterpreting this. It's been shown scientifically time and time again with actual data that this is the case [1, World Economic Forum] - denying this or being sarcastic about it seems really disingenuous and ideology-driven to me.

[1] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/surprising-benefits-f...

[jeremyjh]

Is there someway to do a controlled double-blind study that I just can’t imagine? Because I can definitely imagine other causes in the studies described in that article.