"It has been computed by some political arithmetician, that, if every man and woman would work for four hours each day on something useful, that labor would produce sufficient to procure all the necessaries and comforts of life, want and misery would be banished out of the world, and the rest of the twenty-four hours might be leisure and happiness." Benjamin Franklin, 1784.
"No one in his right mind would argue with the current social momentum for more and faster consumption. We've apparently made our collective decision, and that's that... Neither you nor your neighbor is ready for the four-hour day, and I have no intention of persuading you to do anything uncomfortable. You should continue to do whatever it is you think your doing, and I wish you godspeed." -- Gabe Sinclair, 2000, The Four Hour Day. (Download the book!)
Posted by sandwichman at September 28, 2004 08:30 PMHere is some context for the Franklin quote:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper/Parrington/vol1/bk02_01_ch03.html
Posted by: Erik Rauch at September 29, 2004 01:42 PM