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Re: Science Fiction, 1892 style
« on: February 01, 2005, 06:12:49 AM »
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zudobug wrote:
Well, yeah. But a 40 hour week isn't exactly "leisurely" in my book :-).
It's still less work and more leisure than anytime in human history, which is what the prediction was.

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And besides, that's only counting the more privileged societies in the world. There are many people still living in the 1890's (and worse.) Oops, there I go again  :-P
They also don't have flat screen TVs, bullet trains, digital watches etc.. did he get those wrong then? ;)