"A society where you only have to work three days a week, that's probably OK," Bill Gates said.

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.

  • umami_wasabiEnglish
    15•2 years ago

    But are we still paid the same? Otherwise it would be working 2 jobs which one during “weekends”. Much worse.

    • @[email protected]English
      16•2 years ago

      “where you only have to work three days a week” seems to imply that you will be paid the same. Or perhaps more logically food would be cheaper. I imagine this will hurt the agriculture sector though, at least in the short term.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•2 years ago

        But it would double the amount of jobs in other sectors as well.

        Lots of industries can’t just stop 4 days a week.

        • Flying SquidEnglish
          3•2 years ago

          I think a lot of industries that aren’t attractive right now would be more attractive with shorter hours. Which would mean they could hire more people.

          • @[email protected]English
            3•2 years ago

            Exactly. Would require we invest in educating people properly rather than setting them up for minimum wage jobs because we need them filled.

            • Flying SquidEnglish
              3•2 years ago

              Some of them could be filled by people right now, such as teachers and nurses who left the field because they felt overworked (and underpaid).