'Ants build impressive anthills. But the work of the creative imagination is done by grasshoppers. Humans play and sing. We don’t aspire to the drudgery of the anthill.'
In the same interview, Musk said that he works seven days a week, sleeps six hours a day, and only takes a couple of days off per year.
Of course, human beings are not insects. We invent technologies to make work easier and more efficient. Repetitive tasks are mechanised. Robots do the heavy lifting. Computers and AI will make it possible for us to have even more free time. Forcing folks to return to the office won’t solve the fairness problem. But the shift away from the office does create other economic problems. There are empty office buildings. And the ancillary workforce of janitors, parking attendants and coffee shop workers will lose jobs. But if office work is not necessary, we could repurpose those empty buildings, and find other jobs for those workers.
Some entrepreneurs may see Musk as a model to be emulated. But his life seems sad, frankly. What about family life? Or taking a hike in nature? Or a day at the beach, or a weekend music festival? And what about a summer afternoon lounging by the pool with a good book? Most of the best of human life occurs outside of work, in our free time.
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