Third option:<p>It hasn&#x27;t happened yet because we&#x27;ve decided we didn&#x27;t want it, in favor of a much &quot;better&quot; (for some economic definitions of the word) quality of life. Even in 1970, only 19% of US homes owned dishwashers. In the 1960&#x27;s the majority of homes didn&#x27;t own a washer&#x2F;dryer, didn&#x27;t have air conditioners, about a quarter of homes didn&#x27;t have a telephone. We were just barely seeing the beginnings of &quot;fast fashion&quot; as opposed to something like &quot;you five outfits, three for work, one for play, one for Sundays, and that&#x27;s it&quot;<p>A quarter of people&#x27;s income was spent on food in the 60&#x27;s. What do you spend your income on now? Internet&#x2F;cable, phone plan, bars and restaurants, movies, education? We spend money on stuff they didn&#x27;t even dream of in the 60&#x27;s! If you really wanted to cut all that out, and preserve a 1960&#x27;s lifestyle, yeah, you could probably do that on a 14 hour work week.<p>Urban areas were less popular, so that saves on rent. I&#x27;d cook the vast majority of meals from scratch, at home, rarely buy clothes, and do my own vehicle maintenance. I likely had a TV, but I didn&#x27;t pay a monthly subscription for it. My home had electricity, but there wasn&#x27;t all that much to use it. I&#x27;d read the paper a lot. Basically, as a middle class denizen of 1965 (ish) I&#x27;d live like a very frugal, or poor, citizen of 2016. And that&#x27;s why most of us don&#x27;t work 14 hour weeks.