The American challengeJean Jacques Servan-Schreiber
The American challenge
by Jean Jacques Servan-Schreiber · first published 1968
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The world has to wake up. We need a second source after DJI for drones. I think of this book https://www.amazon.com/American-Challenge-Jean-Jacques-Serva... which pointed out in the late 1960s that Europe was going to fall behind in aviation if they were going to insist that Italian airlines are going to fly Italian airliners and that…
on “The DJI Air 3S Is a Dual-Camera Drone with a Bigger Sensor and 10-Bit Video” ↗…day. The year will be comprised of 39 work weeks and 13 weeks of vacation. With weekends and holidays this makes 147 work days a year and 218 free days. All this within a single generation." From The American Challenge by Jean Jacques Servan-Schreiber published in 1967. Too bad this will never happen since most managers are workaholics.
on “It's time to switch to a four-day working week, say two experts” ↗…day. The year will be comprised of 39 work weeks and 13 weeks of vacation. With weekends and holidays this makes 147 work days a year and 218 free days. All this within a single generation." From The American Challenge by Jean Jacques Servan-Schreiber published in 1967.
on “Future of work will be 5-hour days, 4-day workweek, flexible staggered schedules” ↗…in a way that's alien to the rest of us. It appears that Japan has an interesting way, too. As a side note, speaking of governement.. as a teenager, one of the books that were laying around was "The American Challenge" (Le Défi Américain) by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber. It was a parallel between European countries and the U.S.A. It also addressed the Japanese and Swedish models, the technology gap (he warned that…
on “I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American and failed” ↗