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“I’ve got some free time” someone says. What do they mean? What is this “free time” of which they speak? What differentiates this “free time” from other times? If I have it and then fill it with something (a beer and a game of checkers with my neighbor) is it still “free” or is it now enslaved (to checkers, my neighbor, and the beer shared between us)?
In other words, can “free time” be spent doing things or does the spending of it make it somehow “un-free” time?
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…in our efficiency addicted culture in which all our minutes must weigh on the scales of utility such moments are fertile for frustration. “Waste of time!” we mutter under our breath when the TSA agent pulls someone aside and stalls the line. We look-up “life-hacks” (wicked terrible evil phrase) to help us avoid the waste of time —which help us make all our moments of waiting ultimately productive and efficient. “Because we look at life exclusively from the perspective of work and performance, we view inactivity as a deficiency that must be overcome as quickly as possible” explains Byung-Chul Han (2024: 1)…
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