Once upon a time in our not-so-distant past, experts predicted that with the rapidly increasing advances in technology, Americans would have a shorter workweek and so much time on their hands for recreation that they wouldn’t know how to fill it. Well, we figured it out. We filled it up with more work and more busyness. The microwave doesn’t create free time. It frees up time for us to fill with other things, and that’s just what we’ve done. We may think watching television or surfing the web or playing video games is all leisure time, and oftentimes it is, but the constant connection to
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