8 hours

Eight hours plus eight hours plus eight hours plus eight hours plus eight hours equals forty hours of work, which is a standard length of time for a working week.

Forty hours plus forty hours plus forty hours plus forty hours equals one hundred sixty hours of work, which is four weeks of work, or, one standard month's working time.

One hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty plus one hundred sixty is one thousand nine hundred twenty hours of work, or, twelve standard four-week months worth of work.

I'm sure that the math is not this neat, certainly. There are many variations; reality is full of variation. It's what helps us to stay sensitive to patterns in our lives and in nature. One thousand nine hundred twenty hours plus one thousand nine hundred twenty hours plus one thousand nine hundred twenty hours plus one thousand nine hundred twenty hours plus one thousand nine hundred twenty hours is five years of work time based on standardized months and weeks, or, rather, nine thousand six hundred hours of time. That's a long time, and, it's also many other types of time: time for a raise, time to be vested, time for a vacation, time for being tenured although that either takes three years or seven years or never ever comes, and it's also longer than most folks hold the average job.

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