The Benefits of Socially Regulated Time

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Sunday is a time that you must record. You can't do any work then. The boss calls you in and says, hey, you got to come into work on Sunday. No, I go to church on Sunday. That's when we all do it. You don't get to choose. We need some kind of socially regulated time. And in a small way, families will do that for you.

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