This has been the greatest lie throughout history, that the increase in labor efficiency will lead to reduced work.
It continue to show up in various ways.
In the mid-90s I read a book called "The End of Work" which was about this exact thing, and the author surmised we'd be working mostly gig economy jobs at 20 hours a week.
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