I am Sabbath observant, and I consider the requirement to unplug once a week a real blessing. Perhaps this is confirmation bias, but I feel my work benefits from a relaxation day. I couldn't imagine working a week where I have no end in sight.
Scott Adams has a number of opinions that some parts of the internet find unreasonable. I have read a number of his blogs and he makes good and bad points, just like everyone else.
Dilbert creator claims there's a "global gender war" and he'd become a suicide bomber if he couldn't get laid
Scott Adams: We live in a matriarchy because men have to get permission for sex
Dilbert author goes on crazy rant about Middle Easterns and women.
Scott Adams is also the dude who is only prevented from going on a murder spree by a regular hugging schedule. (This one is a direct quote from a HN user.)
Scott Adams: without access to sex, men can become killers
Agree, I've spoken with VC's who said getting liquidity for founders ended up ruining the companies because all the founders cared about was finding ways to create more liquidity.
That's not the question, the question is whether we want to allow practices like this that encourage companies spending time and energy figuring out how to screw each other?
We should allow practices that tend to make companies compete to produce the best product. Too many people will read this story and think how cool Uber was to come up with this strategy.
I think, that especially in immigrant families, both parents have jobs and usually a hard work life, which means less time with children. But I don't know the statistics.
