But in the technological age, toil and leisure are, oddly, less divided along these lines of social class. Many of us, even the most apparently privileged, have the uneasy sense that our work, though it seems physically undemanding (in its complete lack of physical activity, it may even be actively dangerous to our health), is toilsome. Most of us can now afford to purchase extravagant amounts of leisure—Netflix will sell you more entertainment than you could ever consume for $9 per month. But no amount of leisure can compensate for the sense that your life, whether poorly paid or well paid,
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