Jack Ma, the poster child for the benefits of globalization: trained as a teacher, he founded e-commerce platform Alibaba in 1999 and is now a billionaire.
Now he's predicting another benefit for humans: drastically shorter workweeks.
The billionaire businessman said in the next three decades, "people [will] only work four hours a day and maybe four days a week.
My grandfather worked 16 hours a day in the farmland and [thought he was] very busy. We work eight hours, five days a week and think we are very busy."
The billionaire businessman said in the next three decades, "people [will] only work four hours a day and maybe four days a week.
My grandfather worked 16 hours a day in the farmland and [thought he was] very busy. We work eight hours, five days a week and think we are very busy."
That's about the same number as famed economist John Maynard Keynes predicted in 1930, when he said in 100 years the workweek will be much shorter, around 15 hours per week as automation increasingly takes care of people's material needs.
Ma also said people in the future will be able to vacation in a far greater variety of places.
Not going to happen..... Just a thought.
Ma also said people in the future will be able to vacation in a far greater variety of places.
Not going to happen..... Just a thought.
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