The idea that people would celebrate the weekend more if they had only a single day sounds like the sort of conclusion someone without direct experience with working people would come to through sheer speculation. What you find when you actually work is that 2 days isn't very long to get done all the things you want to outside of work. time spent working isn't a fun treat or reward like a cheat meal, it's a necessary condition for productivity and wellbeing. Last weekend in the UK it was a bank holiday, meaning you get effectively a 3 day weekend, and whilst I didn't benefit from this (I am not currently working) it did make a good opportunity to do stuff with friends who did get the extra day off.
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It's not obvious to me that work in contemporary society does bring meaning. A lot of work can be alienating and generally shit. I think that any suggestion that we should work more will be met with disdain by many who would be asked to work more unless we change society in more wide reaching ways.