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Monday, April 10, 2023

A Very Bored People

Alan Joseph Bauer Alan Joseph Bauer Apr 10, 2023

Much of what Americans deal with would never have been on our forefathers’ radar. Why do we spend so much time on such trivialities?  Go to any mainstream website, and on the very first screen, there will almost certainly be a story about one of the following: the royals, some Hollywood personal drama, musicians’ love lives, or some fight between athletes........... What do we do with all of that free time gained by the luxury of modern food production, distribution, freezing/cooling, and sale? For many of us, we just waste it......we find ourselves fighting over trivialities and spending hours listening to pampered royals complaining about how hard life is in a $30 million mansion or similar tripe.................

It is said that one can judge a person based on what makes him angry. One might suggest that one can judge a person based on how he or she uses free time, whether it be 10 minutes or six hours a day. With the downward trends in religion, family, and patriotism, the very issues that gave generations direction and focus on how to use their time are now in retreat. Serious people would not have endless hours for TikTok videos or Instagram postings. But we are oftentimes not very serious people, and savvy tech entrepreneurs are providing us with fluff to fill our unused hours..............To Read More....

 

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