Paid to Do Nothing.

• Position: SWEDEN - Technological innovations

Wish you didn't have to work? Here's a job for you: The Korsvagen train station in Gothenburg, Sweden, is going to pay someone to do nothing for the rest of their life. The requirements are simple: The employee needs to show up in the morning and punch a time clock, which turns on the platform lights. At the end of the day, the employee clocks out and the lights go off. In between, they're free to do whatever they want: read a book, call a friend, even take a nap or go to the movies. The position--which pays $2,320 a month--was dreamed up by Simon...