“As income rises, people’s time use does not appear to shift toward activities that are associated with improved affect.” We are so dumb
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Replying to @literalbanana
Seems to me that all the time saved by mechanization has been taken up with administrative negative externalities. Everyone spends 20 hours/week dealing with dysfunctional institutions that demand form-filling and phone calls with low-level bureaucratic staff
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Replying to @Meaningness @literalbanana
how do you think that tracks with administrators getting paid more and more as a share of healthcare and education sector
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whoa an ever-growing % of the economy is specifically being directed into increasing negative utility
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