predictions

A two-panel comic about flawed predictions of the future. Panel 1, captioned "The problem with predictions of the future...", shows a smiling mustached man gesturing as he declares that in the future, automation will cut the workday from twelve hours down to four, three, even two, making life one of pleasure, leisure, and self-cultivation. Panel 2, captioned "Is the assumption that society coordinates itself rationally," shows the same man, now serious, saying: "We need you to work for thirty minutes each morning, then secretly browse the internet until 5 PM" -- the joke being that automation freed up time but it gets filled with pointless idle browsing instead of leisure. Votey: a close-up of a worried bespectacled person looking up at a speech bubble that reads, "If you stop redditing, it's because you're lazy," mocking how wasting time online has become a perverse obligation.