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It's a great essay, and Bertie makes some good points. I think the weak spot is that if you somehow manage to get work shifts down to four hours a day, a lot of people will choose to work two jobs. Not all of us have been brainwashed by elites into worshipping the God of Toil; some of us actually derive a bit of satisfaction from work, value leisure more when it comes in limited quantities, and want to buy more goodies. It's great to pursue hobbies and art, but most of the improvement in standard of living for rich and poor alike has come from industry (literal and figurative).