What if the parts of our lives we've accepted as normal were totally different? What if dogs had never been domesticated? Or humans had no sense of flavor...what would've happened to the spice trade? And how would that have shaped the future of the world? Join CNN's Chris Cillizza as he speaks with journalists, experts and forward-thinking futurists to help us envision what might have been — and how even a small shift in the status quo could change our world completely.
In 1940, the United States formalized a 40 hour workweek. It's been 80 years and not much has changed since. A 9 to 5 Monday through Friday workweek is still the standard. Just ask Dolly Parton.
But let's be honest, most of us work a lot more than that. We're all working overtime. We've picked up side hustles and gig work. Forget about working for the weekend, a lot of us are working through the weekend. But what if we didn't have to work so damn hard? What would the world look like if we only worked four days a week? I'm Chris Cillizza and you're listening to Downside Up, a podcast from CNN that looks for answers to some of the world's big "what if?" questions. Today's thought experiment may actually be within our grasp. We're looking at what the world would look like if we only work four days a week. Some companies and even some countries have already started piloting a four day workweek. We'll learn a little bit today about how those programs are going and whether they actually make an impact on our...
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