Saturday is here again. Sweet, sweet weekend. Of course, the weekend wasn’t always what it is today. For much of human history—at least relatively modern human history—there was only one day of rest. Serfs worked the fields six days a week and then spent much of Sunday at church. When feudalism gave way to industrialism, factory workers did much the same thing. In many parts of the world, that’s still the case.
Until 2002, Japan had a six day school week, something that many Japanese citizens support returning to. I find that pretty wild. I think, if anything, school and work weeks should be reduced to four days. I like to think we’re living in a somewhat civilized era. Surely we can tilt the balance more toward leisure so that people can enjoy life more and not just work until it’s too late.
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