RLS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Social Isolation, Consumerism, Empathic Concern
17 Oct 2016
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Chapter 7 - leisure and technology: favorite and least favourite quote, pg. 141: is technology good for leisure? the large amount of leisure afforded us today by technology is trivial at best - a sordid route to human happiness . !1: consumer insights, microsoft canada report also found that, 37% of canadians can"t maintain prolonged focus during a repetitive activity, and so have to work/study late and/or on weekends. Developed for scienti c and military purposes becomes popular leisure expressions: 2. ) Developed speci cally for leisure has greatly increased: 3. ) Expands and widens the range of leisure: 4. ) Socrates thought writing would ruin discussion b/c no give and take was possible. !2: according to henderson and colleagues, positive in uences of technology on leisure. Access to information about leisure options: 2. ) New opportunities for people w/ disabilities: 3. ) Creation of new leisure pursuits (and improvement of old) e. g. , cell phones enabling leisure, but not actually fun and not actually leisure.
