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Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day workweek (techcrunch.com)
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A.I. aside, we should get 4 day work weeks regardless.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

We as a species could have arranged any kind of leisure society when we started using fossil fuels. The energy bonanza that allowed us to reach 8 billion people with chemically-boosted and machine-harvested food allows it.

Of course, this means a flattening of the lifestyle, no more McMansions but also no more squalor.