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Have you seen what people do when they have nothing to do? Be careful what you wish for. ChatGPT notwithstanding, we're a long way from a Star Trek post-scarcity world.


So give everybody a 30 hour week to start. Sudden transitions have lots of friction, so do it gradually.


People find things to do.


> People find things to do

It seems to be a lot of zealotry, buttery and violence. Learning to be good with all that free time will take work.


Maybe. But compared to eg 18th century people almost all our time today is spent on frivolities.

Of course, we often pay each other for these frivolities. So people don't treat them as free time.


Idk about you, but I travel to different countries and have fun when I'm on vacation.




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