Why Don't We Have a 15-hour Work Week?

By 2030 we'll only work 15 hours a week, predicted the legendary
economist John Maynard Keynes back in 1930. He thought advances
in technology and wealth would let us earn enough money to live
in a day or two - leaving the rest of the week for leisure and
community service. 


How wrong he was. We seem to be working more than ever - with
technology adding extra tasks to our workdays (like answering
emails and monitoring Slack). Dr Laurie longs for more leisure
time, but how can she tame her fear of being
"unproductive"? 


Computer scientist Cal Newport explains how we all got into this
mess - and why we still treat modern employees as if they were
farm laborers or assembly line workers. Reformed "productivity
junkie" Oliver Burkeman also offers tips on how to concentrate
our minds on fulfilling and important work - and not little tasks
that chew up so much of our days. 


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