How did the eight hour working day come into being, and is it still relevant to us today? In this episode the Burning Archive Jeff Rich will talk about how the eight hour day emerged in response to the industrial revolution, and what it means in the stressed out contemporary world after the “fourth industrial revolution”.
Things are very serious here in Australia. There is a mental health crisis. We have endured a state of emergency since March 2020. Normal rules of government decision making have not applied. We have pursued a medical utopia of COVID Zero at stunning cost. It is really something that should never happen again, and hopefully, at the right time in the right way by the right people, will be deeply investigated and reflected on.
The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast is out and available on all the usual platforms, including Apple and Spotify….
The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast is out and available on all the usual platforms, including Apple and Spotify….
The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast is out and available on all the usual…
Today after the distressing events and death in the Capitol building of Washington DC that interrupted…
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