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Cory Doctorow Feb 10, 2023

Doubtless you've heard that "we all get the same 24 hours in the day." Of course it's not true: rich people and poor people experience very different demands on their time. The richer you are, the more your time is your own - not only are many systems arranged with your convenience in mind, but you also command the social power to do something about systems that abuse your time.

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Isaac Csandl

@pluralistic I couldn't help seeing a parallel to #pinball in this - the better you do at pinball, the more modes you activate that give you score multipliers, so you can rack up monster scores in less time than opponents who don't know how to activate them (or miss their shots). Unlike being born rich, getting that far in pinball requires developing deep skills.