Did you know that before world war 2 people were speculating that we could active a 4 hour workday at 5 days a week?

@dumpstermeow what kind of work do you do?

@ViciDraco pharmacy

@dumpstermeow what kind of activities occur in a pharmacy that could not be passed to next shift? Pardon if the question is ignorant, but I have no idea what it actually entails.

@ViciDraco I was just thinking about it, and you're right. But we've had trouble getting enough staff to cover as it is... your idea would require a huge workforce.

@dumpstermeow not really. It relies on more technological automation and better access to education. We have a lot of BS jobs robots can do. We have a lot of non BS jobs robots will be doing in twenty or thirty years anyways. If those displaced workers had free access to education to develop the skills the robots aren't so good at, we'd have plenty of workers.

We're already looking at underemployment. Don't let the low unemployment fool you. Lot of people are struggling to get even 30 hour work weeks in unskilled areas of the economy. And the reserve workforce, those unemployed but not actively seeking, is still large enough that wages are not yet rising under pressure.

Yes, a lot of things would have to change in order to utilize the work force we do have. But we do have it.

@ViciDraco we're constantly interviewing and can't find qualified candidates. These robot workers seem ideal.

@dumpstermeow I welcome our robot overlords. I really believe having machines do more of the work is better. We just need policy to serve a society where people are not as tied to work.