Today I heard on the BBC World Service that the Nepalese gverenment has added 18 public holidays to its already extensive list. What a wonderful idea! Maybe one of the warring democratic candidates could steal a march on their rival by proposing the same in the USA?
I remember as kid being told that we were going to grow up and live in a leisure society with robots (domestic and industrial) doing all the work for us. Strange how this never happened. We now have more electric servants in our houses than ever before (houses more than twenty years old don't have enough sockets to cope with the overflow of electric appliances), yet somehow nearly everyone feels obliged to work harder than they ever did in the past. Workaholism is becoming a real disease. There were some figures pulished recently about how much unpaid overtime UK managers do every year. And I know from my own experience how much academics over work themselves. Isn't it strange how one of the poorest countries in the world can announce 18 additional public holidays? Can you imagine the horror from the Chamber of Commerce or Confederation of Industry if any government in an "advanced country suggested that? Go figure
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