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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 (www.businessinsider.com)
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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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[–] Syrc 4 points 1 year ago

The “””end goal””” would be people working half the time, earning half the money, and stuff costing half as much to make and half as much to purchase.

The issue is we have to force them to translate the manufacturing cost decrease in a price decrease, or it’s never going to happen.