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The Millenium of Leisure

I don’t mean to scare anybody, but the time is approaching fast when being entertained will be America’s main occupation. The working week shrinks inexorably, soon it will be legally down to thirty hours, and the average American TV devotee already spends twenty hours a week in front of the infernal machine. Add to them the ten to twenty hours he kills in the movies, at ball games, horse races, and sundry entertainment outings every week, and there can be no further statistical doubt that we are in serious trouble.

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The Millenium of Leisure

I don’t mean to scare anybody, but the time is approaching fast when being entertained will be America’s main occupation. The working week shrinks inexorably, soon it will be legally down to thirty hours, and the average American TV devotee already spends twenty hours a week in front of the infernal machine. Add to them the ten to twenty hours he kills in the movies, at ball games, horse races, and sundry entertainment outings every week, and there can be no further statistical doubt that we are in serious trouble.