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Unfortunately in practice it seems that people have actually responded to increased leisure time by dramatically increasing the amount of time they spend watchi
by alexhutcheson 8y ago
Unfortunately in practice it seems that people have actually responded to increased leisure time by dramatically increasing the amount of time they spend watching TV. That's certainly not true for everyone, but I think most people need some external impetus or accountability to make progress and stay on track towards their goals.
- wes-k 8y agoReally? Where are you getting this from? I suspect that may be true for ephemeral leisure time or the little leisure time most people have. Give the average person a 20/hr work week and I’d assume they won’t fill the time with more tv.
- perfunctory 8y agoThe pleasures of urban populations have become mainly passive: seeing cinemas, watching football matches, listening to the radio, and so on. This results from the fact that their active energies are fully taken up with work; if they had more leisure, they would again enjoy pleasures in which they took an active part. -- Bertrand Russell http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html
- alexashka 8y agoMaybe watching tv is their goal, for the time being. If they were given an opportunity to travel the world, most would gladly take it. Having free time isn't of much use if it isn't coupled with resources to do interesting things. Since most people have very limited resources - tv is the best bang for your buck way of spending the time.