Merrelyn disucsses a value that arises from the Four-Hour Work Day

The Four-Hour Work Day has many intrinsic values, none more important than what Merrelyn Emery discusses on the recent issue of the ABC’s “The Drum”.

Merrelyn Emery.

The social scientist has documented social change over time for many years now and in answer to the question posed earlier on The Drum by Jonathon Green: "Can someone explain how in the space of just a decade our public discourse has been hijacked by the ignorant and the bigoted and their boosters in the mass media?"

Writing in the story headed: “Individual emphasis and the loss of community connection”, Merrelyn writes:

While the ignorant and the bigoted have become much more visible over the recent decade, the problem has been in the making for much longer. In Australia, the problem surfaced for the first time in the period 1977-78: it is called 'dissociation'. Dissociation is a denial that cooperation with others could be more effective in reaching desired goals than acting alone or selfishly.