I think an undersung and underquantified factor here is how much less time people have. For reasons psychological and socioeconomic, across class lines, it seem

I think an undersung and underquantified factor here is how much less time people have. For reasons psychological and socioeconomic, across class lines, it seems we all have a mental calendar and todo list in our heads now, a tyrant that will always point out that aimless chatter is not appropriate, lest we fall even further behind.