• Ahdok@ttrpg.network
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    9 months ago

    Aw man, imagine using technology to reduce the amount of time people had to spend working, rather than making rich people more money… what a crazy world.

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      9 months ago

      It’s crazy. I’ve read in a few books (fiction, of course) that mention, in passing, that the 40 hour workweek was now replaced by a 32 hour workweek, or something similar.

      When do we get to reap the benefits of all of these boosts to productivity?

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        9 months ago

        “Worker productivity” has been going up for 50 years, but compensation hasn’t been. That extra money goes into the pockets of the board and shareholders and CEOs.

        80 years ago, the average CEO pay was about 20x the lowest pay in his company. Now, instead, we have billionaires.

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      9 months ago

      I mean, knights weren’t exactly poor people. This knight found a way to make his serfs make him more money.