This has observed especially with the advent of “robots” for household tasks, e.g. the dishwasher or the washing machine. Before these machines existed, wifes spent about 51 hours per week cleaning the home. After the machines where there, they spent about 52. See: https://www.umb.ch/en/blog/news/detail/parkinsons-law-and-our-daily-quest-for-more-time
Yes, people forget how brutal early industrialization was.
Children had to spend their entire day in the mines. A machine eating a finger or two per month was okay. Working 70+ hours per week was actually normal for most children and adults.
I think you need to open a history book and look back more than 10 years
Or you should. This is called Parkinson’s law, first stated in 1952. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191107-the-law-that-explains-why-you-cant-get-anything-done
This has observed especially with the advent of “robots” for household tasks, e.g. the dishwasher or the washing machine. Before these machines existed, wifes spent about 51 hours per week cleaning the home. After the machines where there, they spent about 52. See: https://www.umb.ch/en/blog/news/detail/parkinsons-law-and-our-daily-quest-for-more-time
That doesn’t make it true. There’s a Murphys law. There’s a Godwin law. Plenty of others that are backed up by anecdotes and fairy dust.
Ohh, burn, dude. Sick burn. Ooohh. Snap. Other words.
Yes, people forget how brutal early industrialization was.
Children had to spend their entire day in the mines. A machine eating a finger or two per month was okay. Working 70+ hours per week was actually normal for most children and adults.
Already did and it validated the posts
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You are under thirty.