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The power to waste time

November 3, 2011 by John

The widespread power outages on the East coast got me thinking about what I would do without power for a week.  Beyond the obvious difficulties of controlling the temperature of my house and refrigerator, it seems like I might be more productive in a world without the distraction of TV and the internet.  Even though there are a lot of days when I come home and don’t feel like doing any additional work, it seems that boredom might overcome laziness.  Similarly, I might get more done around the house without the temptation of football games on Saturdays and Sundays.  On the other hand, I’m not sure how much reading I could stand to do by candlelight, so the winter months when it gets dark by 5 pm might be a different type of challenge to my productivity.

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Posted in The Electronic Age | Tagged East Coast Power Outages, Electricity, October Snowstorm, Productivity, Technology | 1 Comment

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  1. on May 15, 2012 at 9:01 pm Technology to overcome technology « Memoirs of a SLACer

    […] technology also provides us with ways to simplify these complications. (Unless there is a power outage and we’re  left with neither.) Share […]



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