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<\/div>Work Hard, Play Hard<\/h2>
British billionaire Richard Branson — the Virgin CEO who drove a tank<\/a> through New York City and crossed the English Channel<\/a> in an amphibious vehicle — thinks we’re all working a bit too hard.<\/p> If we all worked “smarter, we won’t have to work longer,” he tweeted Wednesday<\/a>. In an accompanying blog post<\/a>, he argued that innovations like self-driving cars and drones will cause more jobs to be taken over by robots.<\/p> “Could people eventually take three and even four day weekends?” he wrote. “Certainly.”<\/p> Branson isn’t the only one who believes the future of work will be less demanding. Google co-founder Larry Page has also called for the end of the 40-hour work week.<\/p> “The idea that everyone needs to work frantically to meet people’s needs is not true,” Page told Vinod Khsola, a billionaire venture capitalist, as quoted<\/a> by Computerworld<\/em> in 2014.<\/p> Other big names take a darker tone about automation. Elon Musk has repeatedly warned of automation and the future of employment.<\/p> “A lot of people derive meaning from their employment. If you’re not needed, what is the meaning? Do you feel useless?” he told<\/a> an audience at the World Government Summit in Dubai back in 2017. One option: universal basic income — the concept of distributing a basic income to every citizen of a nation. In fact, he argues, it would be a necessity<\/a>.<\/p> But just because our billionaire overlords think it’s a great to axe hours and give us more holidays, it’s still pretty unlikely that will happen any time soon.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Billionaire Richard Branson: The 9-to-5 workday and 5-day work week will die off<\/a> [CNBC]<\/p> More on job automation: Robots Are Coming for Service Jobs<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p> The post Richard Branson: Future of Work Is “Three and Even Four Day Weekends”<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Originally posted here: Work Hard, Play Hard British billionaire Richard Branson \u2014 the Virgin CEO who drove a tank through New York City and crossed the English Channel in an amphibious vehicle \u2014 thinks we\u2019re\u00a0all working a bit too hard. If we all worked \u201csmarter, we won\u2019t have to work longer,\u201d he tweeted Wednesday . Continue reading Billionaire Club<\/h2>
All Work and No Play<\/h2>
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