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In 2021, one of my favorite computer brands announced its most powerful and advanced tablet so far, pushing the limits of what’s possible on a tablet. It is loaded with up to 2 TB of high-speed storage and has a 12.9-inch display. And I think pretty soon I won’t be able to live without it. It will save me time because I’ll never again have to carry my novels to the charity shop, move them from one home to the next, or even go to a bookshop. However, not all so-called convenience items can really save us time. I spent the last year juggling four computers while I worked on a book on how our lives became so heartlessly ruled by email, and I’ve come to see that some modern time-savers don’t really save time. The following are some examples. The digital camera: That old 35 mm camera did save you time. Each roll of film had no more than 36 photos, which meant that when you ran out, you put the camera down and enjoyed yourself. You were living, not simply photographing living. Sure, it’s great you can now take a picture with a digital camera and send it to a friend. But don’t you get bored by having to sort 2,132 photos or more after every trip? Email: We email all day from our computers. The hard fact is: The more we email, the more emails we get. And that leads to more time spent emailing. Studies show that those hours don’t come from the workday or TV viewing; they come from time with our families. The coffee maker: You can buy one that makes your coffee every morning, but you still have to clean, prepare, and load the machine first, which can take five minutes if you do it right. Add that up and it’s about one day per year spent making coffee. The electric shaver: More than ninety years after this new tool was invented, modern man is still in want of a clean shave. Here’s what a man has to put up with almost daily: After using an electric shaver, he has to go back over his chin with a regular razor to have a clean shave by shaving off what gets away from the electric shaver. Then he has to clean both tools and wipe the little hairs off the bathroom sink. And in most cases, he cannot get every last one. The computerized call center: Call almost any customer service number and you will be greeted by an automated attendant. That’s when things get trying. You will repeat what you need as the attendant requests to go back a step. And in a few minutes, you may just start shouting: “Operator, operator, operator...” If Samuel Beckett were alive today, Waiting for Godot might have taken place in one of these call center hells.【缺少答案,请补充】