There is something, perhaps, to be said about forced activities and artificially limited choices. There are no doubt people in possession of sufficient motivati

There is something, perhaps, to be said about forced activities and artificially limited choices. There are no doubt people in possession of sufficient motivation, discipline, wisdom and insight that can take the near-infinite list of possibilities that lie before each one of us and choose the happy few which are truly worthwhile. For the rest of us being forced to sig in one place for an hour a day might give us an opportunity to tend to parts of ourselves that might otherwise be neglected in the rush of life. To a busy person taking 30minutes to sit in the kitchen, read the paper, and sip some coffee would appear as sloth and idleness but doing the same in a train car is nearly as pleasant and gives no opportunity for the evil optimizer in our heads to give us grief about it.