A greedy individualistic few will disrupt the idea of the Four-Hour Work Day

The greed and individualism of a few will disrupt, slow and maybe make the introduction of the Four-Hour Work Day and impossibility.

Greed and individualism is
unbalancing the world.

Any switch to that new way of working and living a hitherto unseen, and probably utopian broad and encompassing, swathe of altruism.

Endless calls for research, reports and other time-wasting distractions aimed at preserving what is and within that the lifestyles of those in the rich developed world – that’s pretty much anyone who can read this – blatantly ignores the critical state of the world, or at least a world that is habitable for humans.

The root of troubles confronting the world is, primarily, is that there is simply too many of us – there is presently in excess of seven billion people on earth, it was earlier estimated to increase to nine billion by 2050, but recent re-calculations put number closer to ten billion.

We are already in catastrophic consumptive overshoot and whether the number be nine or ten billion is somewhat irrelevant as the need to slow our consumption and use of energy has reached a level of urgency that can only be described as “critical”.

Introduction of the Four-Hour Work Day may seem dramatic, unnecessary and something of a knee-jerk reaction, but compared to the implications that will settle upon the world if we adhere to the business-as-usual mindset, it will appear inconsequential.

Slowing crippling exponential growth

The move to a Four-Hour Work Day will bring many benefits, among them the slowing of exponential events that are crippling our world.

This YouTube clip discusses energy, population and exponential growth is “The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See”.

Prof Albert A. Bartlett

The message is important, but those who need to see it are not watching or if they are, they are not listening.


Featured in the clip is the Professor Emeritus in Nuclear Physics at University of Colorado at Boulder, Prof Albert A. Bartlett.


He has been a member of the faculty of the University of Colorado since 1950. He was President of the American Association of Physics Teachers in 1978 and in 1981 he received their Robert A. Millikan Award for his outstanding scholarly contributions to physics education.


In discussing exponential growth, Prof Bartlett said: "The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function."