Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea

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Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea
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Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea::"A society where you only have to work three days a week, that's probably OK," Bill Gates said.

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People really need to be reminded how much blood it took for us to get a fucking weekend.

Didn’t we get one day a week since the Old Testament? And then we got a second day because new sky giant disagreed with the days from old sky giant?

Correct about Sunday, but a two-day weekend didn't become a thing until organized labour fought for it in the 20s, and wasn't codified into law until 1940.

Well you are right about the first one but also that day was meant to be spent studying up on the importance of hard work and worshipping the man who had earned his free day by putting real work in for 6 days. And then give every last cent you earned extra to an institution that appreciates it and helps buy your way to a perfect workless afterlife.