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> One of the truisms of modern life is that nobody has any time. I don't agree. We have as much time as we ever did, but modern technology has vastly improved
by pif 7y ago
> One of the truisms of modern life is that nobody has any time.
I don't agree. We have as much time as we ever did, but modern technology has vastly improved the value of our time.
In particular, we don't get bored as easily as we used to. As a consequence, a lot of non-important tasks that used to offer sort of a refreshing break from monotony look now as a hassle because we have funnier/worthier things to do.
- scandox 7y ago> we don't get bored as easily as we used to You mean we have more distractions. The experience of boredom is subjective. We therefore require more distraction to remain non bored. > funnier/worthier things to do No we don't. The "things" have no intrinsic value. Our feelings about them determine their funniness and their worthiness. People used to listen to 2 hour church sermons and find them massively uplifting, entertaining and emotionally charged. When I was in college I used to sit chatting with a friend for 8 hours in a cafe and I was never bored. No phones. No books. Not even a newspaper. Few people could entertain themselves like that any more.