This weeks reading discusses the issue of finding time in the digital age.  In regards to my own time, I find the older I get, the quicker time goes.  Cliche I know but it’s true.  But I also find myself wasting so much time these days on digital technology as well.  I can spend hours just surfing around the internet and not even accomplish what I intended to use it for in the first place.  I have also found with digital technology that I spend more time with some friends online than I do actually seeing them in reality.  The amount of sleep I get is also disturbed by playing ‘just one more game’ ten games later on my iPad.

The author makes reference to economist John Maynard Keynes on how he thought that the advancement of technology will inevitably make people work less hours and have more leisure time.  But in reality the digital age has just made everything seem more rushed.  History shows in the last fifty years the average working hours for the week has remained steady.  The simplification of some tasks due to technology has just increased the expectancy on the volume of work required.  Although I am looking forward to the day driverless cars are on the market.  I would love to just be able have the time to watch breakfast tv or take a snooze commuting to work.  But the article argues that driverless cars could cause even more congestion on our roads.  I also look forward to the technology of having machines clean my house for me.  Now that would be a great time saver.