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158: Humans First, with Rob Krecak

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Why the Fourth Day Work Week Is So Important

When we interact with technology, not all the time, it activates our sympathetic nervous system. This is the fighter flight system that keeps us alive if there is a threat. When this fighter flight system is activated, it takes a full 30 minutes or more to down regulate or recover. In the united states, the average person is checking their email an slack once every six minutes and they get a smart fo notification once every 15 minutes. And so you're doing the math in saying, we g we're never having a chance to recover. So the reason that the four day work week is so important is when you give humans an extra day to fully down regulate and recover from this highly fighter flight state

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