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t1_isebb7f wrote

If this ever becomes possible you can bet your ass your work hours will increase lol.

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t1_isedmn2 wrote

And your pay will too..at first.. and everyone will be really excited to take on those extra hours!

Then inflation will rise...and wages will stagnate.

In a decade we would be working 18 hour days to achieve the same quality of life we have at 8 hour days.

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t1_isevtky wrote

And we arguably don't need to be working 8 hour days to do the work that is asked of us.

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t1_isfm92q wrote

Most people don’t. While I at work for about 8-10 hours during the week day. There’s definitely probably 3 hours a day I spend just sitting around, whether that’s waiting for code to pull shit for me, talking to coworkers about random shit, or sitting in useless meetings…. My day could be much shorter if we just had a server.

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t1_isewf08 wrote

I feel you're overthinking. Even if this becomes possible there would definitely be health consequences by replacing 8 hours of sleep with 4 hours or less. What such technology holds promise is in helping people who have trouble sleeping get good sleep.

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