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Quotation of the Day for November 8, 2013"I find that, on the margin, each minute of online leisure time is correlated with 0.29 fewer minutes on all other types of leisure, with about half of that coming from time spent watching TV and video, 0.05 minutes from (offline) socializing, 0.04 minutes from relaxing and thinking, and the balance from time spent at parties, attending cultural events, and listening to the radio. Each minute of online leisure is also correlated with 0.27 fewer minutes working, 0.12 fewer minutes sleeping, 0.10 fewer minutes in travel time, 0.07 fewer minutes in household activities, and 0.06 fewer minutes in educational activities." - Scott Wallsten, of the Technology Policy Institute, from his paper "What Are We Not Doing When We're Online". The paper discusses how online activities are crowding out other activities. [http://www.nber.org/papers/w19549.pdf] Submitted by: Terry Labach Oct. 28, 2013  |
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