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The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or of joy.

— Alan Lightman Einstein's Dreams (1993)

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In the 1950s, academics forecast that as a result of new technology, by the year 2000 we could have a twenty-hour workweek.

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According to the Bureau of Statistics, the goods and services produced per hour of work in the United States has indeed more than doubled since 1950.

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I love physics, but what was even more important to me was leading a creative life ... And I knew that writers could continue doing their best work later in life.”

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