Computer Store Manager Predicts Future (1979) [video]

Well the it's the late 70's the "myth" of the American 3 day work week was some what still relevant until the 80's pretty much blew it out of the water.

From the late 50's trough out the 70's there was a great "hope" that automation and technology will result in shorter and shorter work weeks, that might actually could've been achievable to some degree if the US and the western world at large did not had to compete with emerging markets.

In 1979's China wasn't the monster it is today, India was in worse shape than some African countries and Japan was the source of all the cheap electronic junk.

Sadly enough today the companies and verticals that can actually drive the work week down mainly startups rather propagate the myth of developers that work 12+ hours a day and to make this myth a reality we get work places that serve 3-4 meals a day, have showers, gym access and sleeping rooms even. I wonder just how competitive a startup could really bee if it asked it's workers to only work 5-6 hours instead of working 4 and spending the rest playing foosball and catching up on cat videos...

This is a 37 year-old video. Hindsight is a lovely thing.

I interpret his prediction as saying that society will no longer be as stratified along traditional employment routes (i.e. getting that big company job with a pension) and instead will turn into a technocracy where success and riches come to those who are comfortable with new technologies.