Abundance comes from advancement of tech and tools, not just from labour.
If only the “40 hours a week” people deserve to live outside poverty then this exclude many other people who are without a doubt productive for society and even capital.
Many scholars never got money from their contributions, they didn’t even get recognition within their life. They for sure contributed positively to the society. Yet their works was not included in “40 hrs work week”.
Housewives also provide labour without which the society can not function, they are also within this categories.
Open source devs also don’t get paid for their work. Yet their hobby does in fact lead to productivity.
By restricting our definition to “40 hrs work week”, we overlook many of these segments.
look i think i am just bad with words. i agree. i don’t consider work as “beating hammers for 5hrs” but as contributing something. labour is labour. open source devs do work, scientists do work, mothers do work. everything is work in some form, as long as it contributes to society.
the 40hrs are an arbitrary time window while a lot of people only use a fraction of this time productively.
Abundance comes from advancement of tech and tools, not just from labour.
If only the “40 hours a week” people deserve to live outside poverty then this exclude many other people who are without a doubt productive for society and even capital.
Many scholars never got money from their contributions, they didn’t even get recognition within their life. They for sure contributed positively to the society. Yet their works was not included in “40 hrs work week”.
Housewives also provide labour without which the society can not function, they are also within this categories.
Open source devs also don’t get paid for their work. Yet their hobby does in fact lead to productivity.
By restricting our definition to “40 hrs work week”, we overlook many of these segments.
look i think i am just bad with words. i agree. i don’t consider work as “beating hammers for 5hrs” but as contributing something. labour is labour. open source devs do work, scientists do work, mothers do work. everything is work in some form, as long as it contributes to society.
the 40hrs are an arbitrary time window while a lot of people only use a fraction of this time productively.