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How Our Leisure Time Got Monetized

Ted Gioia · 25 Aug 2026 · honest-broker.com

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  1. Most of the world’s free time has now been monetized by tech companies. In fact, the monetization of leisure time is how Silicon Valley execs make their billions.
  2. As recently as a hundred years ago, leisure time existed in a media-free zone. Nobody expected you to make money for wealthy elites on your day off.