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The weekend is 100 years old

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Re: The weekend is 100 years old

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Post by nullsanity »

bobthepanda wrote: post #28
throw0101a wrote: post #4

Also, the week itself as a 'hard' delineator of time also appears to be fairly recent: > Henkin treats the seven-day week as a social and cultural institution, focusing primarily on the nineteenth-century United States. Unlike years, months, and days, which have astronomical foundations, the week is an entirely historical and social construct with no scientific basis. The study argues that the early American republic…

while the seven day week is arbitrary, it is also worth noting that the French Revolution had experimented with a metric ten day week, which ended up being a total bust because laborers only got one week in ten of rest rather than one in seven.

We should bring that idea back. I think in modern times, a 3 day weekend and 10 day week, or a 4-1-3-2 work/rest cadence might be nice.

Re: The weekend is 100 years old

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Post by jasonvorhe »

deadbabe wrote: post #17

I wonder if someday we’ll have a “monthend”, where most of society takes a whole week off at the end of a month. I think I’d like this better than a 4 day work week. People could come back truly rested. With the shift to AI, it could happen.

And work all 3 weeks?

Nah, I'll keep my Friday's off.

Re: The weekend is 100 years old

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Post by danangReader »

Transformanshen wrote: post #30

Interesting article. I never thought about how important it is not just how many days off you have, but also when exactly you have them. It's really bad when you have days off, but you can't see your family. I actually like the concept of a four-day workweek. I wonder if it will ultimately prove successful, and if the whole world will adopt it?

My company picks up holiday policy from one of its dev center and applies to all other engineers who live in different cities. On my "vacation" I am the only one in myfamily who has day off; and when my kids have some holiday I have to work.

It is impossible to explain this to HR team. Sic.

Re: The weekend is 100 years old

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Post by throw1234567891 »

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #23
Jensson wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Going to church is equivalent to watching tv, its not work.

Having to keep up social appearances within an accepted range and suppressing ideas and behavior that conflict with rules imposed by a religious organization does not sound relaxing to me like watching TV does. My white collar labor is less stressful to me than religious strictures would be.

People didn’t have much more to do back then. There was no TV.

Re: The weekend is 100 years old

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Post by bradrn »

blitzrk wrote: post #33
nivertech wrote: post #20

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Anti-Jewish hate should not be welcome here.

Speaking as a Jew, I don’t read GP as being ‘anti-Jewish hate’ — it seems to be at least vaguely positive in claiming the weekend as a Jewish invention, albeit with very muddled phrasing. (For one thing, Zionism didn’t exist 2000 years ago…)

Re: The weekend is 100 years old

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Post by throw1234567891 »

jasonvorhe wrote: post #32
deadbabe wrote: post #17

I wonder if someday we’ll have a “monthend”, where most of society takes a whole week off at the end of a month. I think I’d like this better than a 4 day work week. People could come back truly rested. With the shift to AI, it could happen.

And work all 3 weeks? Nah, I'll keep my Friday's off.

Your Fridays.

Re: The weekend is 100 years old

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Post by b112 »

deadbabe wrote: post #17

I wonder if someday we’ll have a “monthend”, where most of society takes a whole week off at the end of a month. I think I’d like this better than a 4 day work week. People could come back truly rested. With the shift to AI, it could happen.

We could all work 5 day/2day off, 4 weeks, and whatever was left at the end of the month? Time off.

The variability would be fun. Sometimes it would be a 5 day weekend even.

Re: The weekend is 100 years old

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Post by Gecko4072 »

For the elders here, what are the actual ways to not live under the rule of an industrial clock?

I’m not talking about starting your own company get rich quick scheme or moving into the woods (unless..), but really, I don’t see many ways about it. You could move somewhere rural, lower expenses, but then you are socially isolated to an extent. So, move to where people are, oh but then the only way to support the lifestyle is a standard job with security. Having a family is a whole different requirement almost making it “irresponsible” to not have stable income, hence time restrictions. Then again there seem to be a small population of explorers who live radically different lives or simply try to enjoy their work or switch jobs. Really struggling with this question.

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