Take Back Your Time!

pycnanthemum writes "Today is national Take Back Your Time Day. Boston.com has a story about it, it's a Seattle-based movement to get overworked Americans to value the non-material parts of their lives. When I read the article I thought of a lot of techies I know."

Comments

Re:Timeliness of the Article...

[dwtinkle]

Contemporary Americans complain of unprecedented levels of busyness in everyday life. They worry about frenetic schedules, hurried children, couples with no time together, families who rarely eat meals together, and an onslaught of "hidden work" from proliferating emails, junk mail, and telemarketing calls.

that about sums it up: americans complain & worry.

Re:Because you're a slave to The Man?

[NDPTAL85]

Become a better worker so you don't get fired so often.

Re:Think of rampant inefficiencies.

[default luser]

Greed is mankind's driving force.

Not man, mankind

So long as an impersonal society of humans exists, such insanity shall reign. People can't feel truely cheated when they can never be sure how much everyone else gets.

It is the same concept that keeps ruthless tyrants in power, and 10-year olds making shoes 12 hours a day for 5 cents an hour. You will never rid society of this bug because there are always forces fighting to maintain the status quo.