I am currently a student, and in a class I took they said that people today work less and have more leisure time. The professor cited cellphones and the internet as the reasons for more time. As a friend of mine who has a bl(cr)ackberry said to me, when I mentioned that it must be nice to have that since he can work when he wants, "There is a reason why the company bought this for me, and it was not to make my life easier." Funny how different developments which are meant to make life easier, oftentimes just make life more hectic, and necessitate true "down" time where people just want to escape without doing any work... TV being the escape, not pursuing an activity. It is sad isn't it?