Henry Blodget — The Sum Total Of Human Progress Over The Past 150 Years Is Revealed In These 2 Charts

150 years ago, we spent about 70 of those 112 waking hours working (63%). 

Thanks to the remarkable productivity enhancements we have made over the past 150 years, however, we have reduced the average workweek in most countries by about 30 hours, to 40 hours (34% of waking hours)…. 

This has freed up a lot of extra time. 

So what do we do with all the extra hours our miraculous progress and productivity enhancements have allowed us to create for ourselves? 

We spend them watching television.

The boob tube rules, literally. Now being replaced among digital natives with gadgets.

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The Sum Total Of Human Progress Over The Past 150 Years Is Revealed In These 2 Charts

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