This week, we checked:

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.

603,838 workers studied linking 55+ hour weeks to a 33% higher stroke risk
4 hrs the daily practice ceiling elite performers actually hit
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