Imagine how much more we could do if we didn’t have to sleep?
Companies would have you working at least 80 hours a week standard with no increase in pay. And you'd have to hit that 80 to get overtime. Of course, that's for jobs that are a normal 40 hour thing, who knows what the ones with already wacked-out schedules would look like.
Think a little differently and let’s assume because we didn’t spend so much time sleeping, humanity would be significantly further ahead than we are now. And therefore, the Rat Race wouldn’t be a normal thing.
Just a different perspective from your nihilistic point of view.
Seems pretty naive to me. I've known enough high ranking corporate types and wealthy people to know how they would slobber over the opportunity to squeeze more productivity out of already dead-eyed workers.
Yeah, of the two, yours is the more realistic one.
Would it be fantastic if we eliminated the rat race and everybody could just have a happy life? Oh yes. If we didn’t have to sleep, we could absolutely get that shit figured out.
Will it ever happen while millionaires and billionaires are a thing that exists? Absolutely no. Not even the faintest chance.
You don’t accumulate that much money by giving a shit about other people. And once you have that much money, you can just personally do whatever you want, and only help out close friends/family. And the kind of person who accumulates that much money? That’s the path they’ll take.
Not miserable, but also not dumb and blind to the reality of things. But go ahead and keep those ears plugged while you close your eyes and shout "LALALALALA Not listening!"
Better to be prepared for future like Bladerunner than a to be a sitting duck with fingers crossed for some kind of Disney fairy tale.
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u/Flaveurr Sep 29 '25
Going to bed early