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burntotoday at 4:10 AM1 replyview on HN

My thinking tends to be that our standard work week is an equilibrium among a few different forces. We’re motivated by social norms, capital markets, and biological needs and wants. In places like the U.S. the market forces have been powerful enough to really shift social norms. In tandem they’re probably slowly altering our biology too.


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madroxtoday at 4:15 AM

I think you are right. It is practically baked into the American Dream.