Why do we have so little time these days?
Every now and again, I read statements lamenting how little time we have these days, most recently in the editor’s introduction to Aurealis #125. These… Read More »Why do we have so little time these days?
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The work week without work
Though completing a few projects recently has left me less occupied during the week, I’ve been feeling very busy on the weekends thanks to a… Read More »The work week without work
Making hard work of leisure, part 2
Science Fiction and the Economics of Utopia quoted a diatribe against the universal basic income from a character in Philip José Farmer’s Riders of the… Read More »Making hard work of leisure, part 2
Making hard work of leisure
The “protected space” that I wrote about last week reminded me of “leisure” in the old-fashioned sense of being able to pursue whatever one chooses,… Read More »Making hard work of leisure
Would free time promote civic participation?
Ilya Somin’s Democracy and Political Ignorance (2016) argues that American voters (at least) are immensely ignorant on most political issues. One of the explanations that… Read More »Would free time promote civic participation?