Your lifestyle has already been designed… or has it?

While the original article was written almost 4 years ago, it keeps popping up now and then.

Check it out: http://www.raptitude.com/2010/07/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed/

The author argues that the 40 hour work week was designed as a beast that feeds itself — a way to generate income so you can buy stuff you don’t need, sit in a chair for half of your waking life to generate said income, thereby keeping the economy afloat.

What do you think? Do you feel like a slave to the 40 hour work week? Are you working on plans to break free from the feedback loop to pursue time freedom?