Modern life was meant to be about time saving devices. We were meant to be surrounded with cool gadgets that did all those jobs we hate to do, and life was going to be about sitting around watching grass grow, or realizing with a cocktail by the pool.

Instead it’s become more and more frenetic. With every new device created to make our lives simpler, the pace speeds up. Take away ten hours a week to hand wash all our clothes, replacing it with an hour tops to use a washing machine and dryer? We get some other work on our hands. Get a cool new gadget that let’s you surf the net anywhere? Suddenly people want us to call them at all hours of the night and day, and our off time seems to
disappear into a huge abyss.