AN ALL PLAY AND NO WORK SOCIETY? - Richard Gipe - May 1971

Richard Gipe

A social sickness is rapidly taking hold in America and the western world – misspent TIME. Americans especially have more free time. And too many are spending it at "play." In the past, most people worked long hours in sweatshops or on the farm. Little time was available for education or recreation. But today, we are rapidly going to another dangerous extreme – to an all-play-and-no-work society. In this desire for more leisure-time and play activities, philosopher Elbert Hubbard's "Get your pleasure out of your work!" seems woefully out-of-date, as does the Biblical injunction: "Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work." Rather, Many in the "now generation" are crying for a shorter work week to make more time available for leisure. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library