I sell my time to get enough money to buy it back.

James Richardson
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I sell my time to get enough money to buy it back. This is the time bonds concept put forward by Vannevar Bush in his essay "As We May Think." Bush was a pioneer in modern computing. He wrote the book that describes the impact of the internet on society, "The Atlantic." He died before that vision became reality, but his essay describes how our lives are changing. He says there are three ways to make our lives better.

First, we can use information technology to make choices more efficient. Second, we can use technology to enhance our abilities. Third, we can use technology to enhance our leisure time.

Today's technologies make it possible for us to do all three things at once. We can get information faster than ever before. We can have access to more information than ever before.

And we can use this information to make choices more efficiently than ever before, while also giving us more opportunities for personal pleasure and fun.

Source: Interglacial: New And Selected Poems & Aphorisms

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