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The tragedy of leisure
The combination of AI and small families will create more free time than is good for us.
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A huge increase in leisure should have been a force for general contentment. Instead, it seems to have perverse effects, says the writer.
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Janan Ganesh
Here are the major events in the life of this columnist during the past 12 months.
A change of broadband provider. A sinus problem behind the left eyebrow. Creeping doubts about football player Martin Zubimendi’s “press-resistance” in midfield. More evenings spent in west London than in the previous 40 years combined. The discovery of the writings of Harvard science historian Steven Shapin. Acute disappointment with Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
