This reminds me of Bertrand Russell's In praise of iddleness [1] (which it quotes). [1] http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html

This reminds me of Bertrand Russell's In praise of iddleness [1] (which it quotes). [1] http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html Update: Previously appeared at HN through the original publication at vox.com, though it got little discussion. [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12951747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12951747 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13000941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13000941