Keynes put forward a similar thesis decades ago and we were supposed to be there by now. Check this out: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/revisiting-keynes http:/

Keynes put forward a similar thesis decades ago and we were supposed to be there by now. Check this out: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/revisiting-keynes http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/revisiting-keynes Perhaps there is something more basic in our natural dispositions than either of these great economic thinkers is appreciating. We don't really want an excess of leisure to the extent that mass boredom results. I'm reminded of two quotes by Pascal: "The source of all man's unhappiness is his inability to sit alone in a room with his own thoughts." "If a soldier or labourer complains of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing."