Week 6: Filling the time

The techniques that consume attention during a wait rather than reducing it, and the question of what that attention is worth.

23 March 2027

Occupied time is the oldest idea in this course and the one with the widest practical use. If unoccupied time feels longer, then giving a waiting person something to do is an intervention available at almost no cost.

The lecture catalogues the techniques and then asks the uncomfortable question, which is who the occupation is for. Time filled on your behalf is time you have given away without being asked.