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"I kind of take it for granted that our great-grandchildren will regard us as a sort of precursor species. That they won't think of us as human and if we could see them, we probably wouldn't think of them as human either."
- William Gibson
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| Flexitime | ||
| A work system that actually tells you when you've put in your time. |
Why can't I have this? This would not be difficult to implement; I suppose businesses think they might get an extra minute or two.
| My screen began flashing. I had the console rigged to measure quitting time to the nanosecond. Softech had a flexitime system, which meant that you could quit for the week after putting in forty hours. |
| Technovelgy from Master of Space and Time,
by Rudy Rucker. Published by Bluejay in 1984 Additional resources -
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I'm thinking that there would be two very distinct groups, in addition to the nine-to-five zombies. There would be those who would start on Monday, and be done by Wednesday; and those who would start Wednesday and be done by Friday…
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