The 9-to-5 was never the point, it was the rent: solve housing and work gets voluntary
rand_longevity · x · 2026-10-01
A concise take on the future of work: the 9-to-5 was never really the point — it was the rent. Once housing costs are solved (e.g. via AI-driven productivity gains), people finally get to choose what they actually want to do. A broad observation on how automation could reshape employment and life choices.
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