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More hours means more output.
Past 55, it means less.
Pencavel's 1914-1918 munitions-worker study found weekly output plateaus around 48-50 hours and turns downward from there.
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workers studied linking 55+ hour weeks to a 33% higher stroke risk
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the daily practice ceiling elite performers actually hit
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