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You're kind of begging the question when you take "The 40 hour/week company will get more done" as a given, because that is exactly what's at stake here, isn't it? People upthread are theorizing that those extra 20 hours a week really don't make us get more done, because (to quote one of the comments above), "the rest is socialization, pointless meetings, lunches, or trying to look busy"


I can't remember the last time I saw the phrase "begging the question" used in its traditional/philosophical form — how refreshing!


Why 20? Why not 10? or 5, maybe 1hrs a week some how people will magically get more done than 40hrs a week.




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