“Does everyone just keep churning out stuff all the time and have that value accrue to shareholders?” Leland said. He would rather distribute the productive value of AI, he said, not just in the form of money, but also time.

This Kickstarter CEO is one of the few executives with their head screwed on correctly.

Many companies and unions alike are leading the charge, pilot programs for 4day workweeks, or 5-4-5-4 weeks are being trialled.