The solution to (nearly) everything: working less | Rutger Bregman

Excessive work and pressure are status symbols. But overtime is deadly. If we worked less we'd make fewer errors, address inequality and have a better life

Had you asked John Maynard Keynes what the biggest challenge of the 21st century would be, he wouldn't have had to think twice.

Leisure. In fact, Keynes anticipated that, barring "disastrous mistakes" by policymakers (austerity during an economic crisis, for instance), the western standard of living would multiply to at least four times that of 1930 within a century. By his calculations, in 2030 we'd be working just 15 hours a week.