instead of more sedentary things. So it's true that the nature of work has changed, but I think that's ok. Modern processes are allowing us to do more work in less time- great! However, rather than just asking for more and more, workplaces need to allow for shorter or more broken-up work schedules, and jobs need to take less time/energy from your real life. posted by Secretariat at 9:13 AM on June 19 [ 1 favorite ] I'm certain that once we find the right blend of chemicals, we'd be getting rid of sleep to have an edge in our post-human global economy. Productivity, people! But yeah, "universal gym membership" is such small thinking. How about mandating that everyone has to do one day of paid (at their normal work rate) manual labor. Not only would we get physical activity, if we did it in the fields we can both commune with nature and abolish agricultural subsidies. posted by Apocryphon at 9:26 AM on June 19 What we need in society isn't just universal healthcare, but universal gym membership. This is a joke, right? Gyms are too far away. People don't have time to burn to commute to gyms. Why don't we just mandate that treadmills need to be subsidized so people can exercise in the comfort in their own homes? Yeah..that's right. It was mentioned up there - people will suddenly have very expensive but subsidized clothes rack. Same thing with gym memberships if we don't address the reason