I can’t say for certain unless I go look through the book since I just took this from my photo library for the rule, but I’m nearly certain this is from Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (Rest In Power).
With significantly more capital and free time, you would be able to develop and manage your own projects outside of the workplace, allowing you to continue developing yourself, your skills, and your contributions to your field. If you prefer to put the majority of your efforts into a single project or workplace, incentive structures could be developed to acknowledge your outsized contributions while not imposing such as necessary for everyone.
I think you have a great question though, and things like that would best be answered collectively, through discussion and experimentation.
What do you think? What would you prefer? What would be fair to you to recognize your extra efforts? What checks and balances would be needed to have a 16hr week as the basis for a livable wage, while still allowing for people to work more when desired?
I think definite exceptions would have to be made. For instance, some operations take more than 4 hours to complete, such as getting the satellite ready for install in the launch vehicle, or the work has to be done in a tight finite timeline, such as "you have 1 week to fully test, prep for launch, and install the satellite in the launch vehicle." Of course, these are edge cases.
With my personality, I feel like my work ethic would suffer since I'd spend so much more time at home than at work and I wouldn't want to do shit when I am actually there. I also think my skills would degrade, and I'd spend a lot of time trying to remember where I left off and what I was doing. Perhaps it's just my career, and other careers/jobs wouldn't have my issues.
I pride myself and my high work ethic, quality products, and kick-ass attitude, but I also need structure, routine, and discipline to function as an adult. When left to my own devices for too long, it all falls apart. Again, perhaps that's just me.
I won't turn down a bigger sack of money though. I do like money.