Other than that I completely agree.
Except that I think everyone should have a 24 hour work week. With all of our technology there's no reason for anyone to slave for 40 hours week after week.
2: Exactly. Why are people working on Mondays in the first place?
Because we've created a society where the bottom 40 percent or so are constantly either short of necessities or in substantial danger of being so.
The link is interesting. I had thought the two-day thing was because of time zones, but on reflection that doesn't really make sense given the setting where it originated. (Chabad are cult-like weirdos in a bunch of ways, but they're generally reliable about transmitting information about traditional Judaism.)
Also I agree with all of heebie's points about modern holidays.
I want to celebrate that Jewish holiday where you are required to get drunk.
Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success" and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said.
The trials, in which workers were paid the same amount for shorter hours, took place between 2015 and 2019.
Productivity remained the same or improved in the majority of workplaces, researchers said.
A number of other trials are now being run across the world, including in Spain and by Unilever in New Zealand.
In Iceland, the trials run by Reykjavík City Council and the national government eventually included more than 2,500 workers, which amounts to about 1% of Iceland's working population.
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OT: He's right. Now I can hardly stop myself from dumping goldfish in the river.