JemyM
Okay, now roll sanity.
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the average person certainly works more than 10-20
I said that we do not need to work more than that, not that they do.
In order to sustain society, the production output must be greater than or equal to the production consumption. If people are all working 10 hours a week, that isn't going to happen.
Most jobs doesn't "produce" something that can be quantified and there's plenty in life that isn't about "production consumption". I find it hard to believe that even 40 hours "on the job" means 40 hours of actual work. Then there's the problem with unemployment. If unemployment is growing while the average hours-per-week is growing there seems to be a correlation that tells me that people who work work more because the amount of people actually working are getting fewer, or the other way around.
This is related to an optimization routine. There's an assumed average and an actual average. The assumed average is established on what is believed about the average, anecdotes and people who are capable of temporary working above their capacity. The actual average is what people are generally fit to do over time without problems. When the assumed average goes up, fewer and fewer people fit the norm. There are still anecdotes about people who are capable of handling the pressure but the rates of unemployment and general sickness go up along with other social factors like drug abuse, exploitation and corruption.
I have to ask though how come people in a such advanced nation like the USA works by average almost 20 hours more per week and still seems to have less than an average Swede?
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