Why electricity and plumbing hasn't saved us time

Electricity.
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Technology doesn't make life easier.

The Atlantic reports that despite an array of advancements like electricity, air conditioning, plumbing, and refrigerators, housework remained as intensive in 1960 as it did in 1900 — and the reasons why can likely explain why everyone's so burned out these days too.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.