Friday 5 January 2007

Free Time

People respond to lower petrol prices by driving bigger cars more often and further. In much the same way, people respond to more powerful computers by running more demanding software on them. Faster and more efficient ways of working result in more work to fill the day, not more free time or a more relaxed schedule. This is why labour-saving devices never seem to actually result in saved labour.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - We have some kind of cultural aversion to standing still.
PPS - I don't know why that might be.

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