Notes on the future of work Issue 01 · 2026
Issue 01 The Future of Work

Four days / work.
Three days of your own.

A short collection of arguments, reading, and dispatches on the four-day work week — why companies are trying it, how employees respond, and what it looks like to live inside one.

In this issue Four short sections. Two dispatches. Five further readings.
Reading time One quiet coffee, give or take.
For Anyone suspicious of the five-day default.

Contents

An introduction and a set of arguments for the curious, the skeptical, and the already-converted. Written plainly and kept short on purpose.

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Introduction

Four days of work. Three days off. Roughly ten hours a day. What the shape of a shorter week actually looks like — and whether it holds up under the weight of an ordinary business.

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Resources

A quiet reading list for the curious and the cautious: five pieces from people who have already done the thinking about pitching, compensation, and implementation.

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Dispatches

Two short essays on the subject. One on the odds it will help you work better. One on how to actually move your business onto the new schedule without panic.

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Correspondence

Questions, arguments, rebuttals, or a story about the week you tried it yourself. Quiet mail, always welcome.

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