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by toomuchtodo 24 days ago
You have my vote. Work to live, don’t live to work.

~90% of Iceland is on a 35-36 hours work week, seems to work fine.

Remote work was also skeptically thought of up until a global pandemic forced it, and while there has been some retreat, 20% of Americans work remotely in some capacity still. Just need a catalyst to challenge norms and rigid mental models.

https://autonomy.work/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ICELAND_4DW...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/25/business/iceland-shorter-work...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/21/icelan...

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>20% of Americans work remotely in some capacity still

That's a pretty abysmal number considering the number who do want remote work and its productivity improvements and its overall lower waste. I'm surprised it's so low.

How Remote Workers Are Counted Changes Results - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48312822 - May 2026
EU average is 35.9.