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Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits

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Razengan · 1789947957 · focus · HN ↗
Better to just give people more free time: Reduce workweeks to 4 days.
Make working from home/anywhere the norm instead of the exception.
Build more third places: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place
Give people more safety nets including UBI so they don't feel like they constantly need to be "earning" the right to live in basic comfort.
1. hdgvhicv · 1789956463 · focus · HN ↗
  Is this singapore specially? My Singaporean colleagues spend less than 30 minute commuting (which is fine for reading, 15 mins on the metro is a great time to get into a habit), and that’s a fair amount of third spaces (mainly outdoor parks and malls so could be better).
  Or are you making your own countries problems onto another country?
  1. Razengan · 1789957816 · focus · HN ↗
    Talking generally
    It's high time civilization lets people slow the fuck down
    Especially with the Age of AI upon us
    hdgvhicv · 1789982863 · focus · HN ↗
    Certainly in professional jobs in Europe I don’t see that.

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