# Why Americans Are Always Running Out of Time - The Atlantic

<https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/why-you-never-have-time/603937/>

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## What Jamie wrote

In short, instead of taking all of the productivity leverage technology has provided us we've instead raised the bar and increased the amount of work we do to fill the space left open.

> Better technology means higher expectations—and higher expectations create more work.

Seems like a similar argument that is made about making more money just means you spend more. 💸

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