Actually, a better way to interpret it is that as soon as time-consuming tasks become trivial, you will suddenly find that you start doing new time consuming tasks (even though you got through life fine before when you never did them at all). Or, “if your boss ever learns how little time it takes to do the monthly spreadsheet, expect it to turn into a weekly spreadsheet.” Edward Tenner once referred to this as one of the “revenge effects” of technology.
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