Thank you Gustavo, happy to hear that you enjoyed the article!

I’m not sure I would go as far as saying that anyone is deliberately trying to prevent us from getting rest and leisure to ensure this for only a select few, but historically this was genuinely the case (especially with the Puritan movement from around mid 18th century) and some of this sentiment probably still lingers in our culture even if we’re not directly aware of it anymore.

Also the idea of a “governmental AI” identifying relevant subjects sounds a bit scary to me. And as someone actually working on AI, despite all the media hype I think we are actually still pretty far away from an AI that could do that.
But I agree that reducing the work day (or week) further could open up the possibility for us to become “productive” in completely different ways, for example in our communities, families, culture, philosophy, etc. And some select people are actually working in this direction. Stephan Aarstol for example wrote a book about his (very succesful) experiment with five hour work days at his company. Similarly, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is currently working on a book about companies that have successfully implemented four day weeks.

Personally, I’m also working on a book to spread awareness about these issues (https://www.timeoffbook.com), and together with others we can hopefully build enough momentum to create a genuine change in our culure.

Again, thank you for reading and your kind words! Always good to see other people who believe in these ideas! :)