There’s a Little-Talked-About Revolution That Affects Us All.
And you’d better get ready.
Reid Hoffman, predicts that the 9–5 job will be gone in 10 years.
His prediction is implacably logical.
1- The 9–5 was born with the industrial revolution and developed to help rebuild countries destroyed by war.
Labor was needed. They arrived in masses.
2- Then the workforce settled in.
Going to work became the norm. Whether in a factory or a soulless tower block.
3- Universities drove the nail in. Training young people to fit the mold.
To the great satisfaction of their corporate benefactors.
4- In exchange for our lives, they offered us retirement.
With no guarantee that we’ll ever enjoy it.
But there’s a catch.
The 9.5 is no more natural to a human being than a cage is to a tiger.
Retirement even less so.
So it’s only to be expected that this model will one day collapse.
That day has come. The model so celebrated (especially by companies) is cracking.