{"id":263546,"date":"2026-06-04T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/opinion-technology-saves-time-why-are-we-still-so-busy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:20:15","slug":"opinion-technology-saves-time-why-are-we-still-so-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/opinion-technology-saves-time-why-are-we-still-so-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Technology saves time. Why are we still so busy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opinion: Technology saves time. Why are we still so busy?<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2026\/06\/04\/technology-saves-time-why-are-we-still-so-busy\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-04 00:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: ctmirror.org<\/a><\/p>\n

by Shuresh Ghimire, CT Mirror
June 4, 2026<\/p>\n

When I was growing up, I walked 30 minutes to school. My father had to bike for more than two hours for his day-to-day work. My mother did most of the crop-growing work manually. My teacher used a manually operated mimeo machine to make copies of test papers. My classmates and I spent many hours in the school library, though by today\u2019s standards it did not look like a library.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to today. My children\u2019s school is two minutes away, and they take the school bus. If I do not want to walk much, I can walk only from my house to the driveway, and from the parking lot to my office, altogether under 100 steps. Machines now do much of the agricultural work that once consumed the bodies of farmers. Students, teachers, and professors can ask an AI chatbot almost any question that comes to mind. A person no longer needs to physically search shelves of books to begin learning.<\/p>\n

In my own work, AI-assisted tools can help me respond to emails faster, review literature faster, and draft factsheets faster. Almost every task seems to have become easier, faster, or more convenient. But the day does not feel lighter. It feels denser.<\/p>\n

Technology keeps saving time, but the saved time rarely returns to us as freedom. It is usually converted into more output, faster response expectations, higher standards, more documentation, and more communication.<\/p>\n

If an email once took 15 minutes and now takes five, the inbox does not shrink. It expands. If a factsheet can be drafted in one-fourth the time, we still do not get the afternoon back. We may be asked to produce more factsheets, add graphics, create social media posts, and organize a webinar. Generative AI can improve productivity in writing, customer service, and other knowledge tasks. These gains are real. But who gets the benefit of that saved time?<\/p>\n

Our economic system is very good at converting efficiency into profit, scale, and competition. If one worker can do more with…<\/p>\n

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