Ted Gioia on how our liesure time has become monitised by Silicon Valley: Life is different now. Peo...

Ted Gioia on how our liesure time has become monitised by Silicon Valley: Life is different now. People use up their leisure time scrolling through web ‘content’ saturated with advertisements – teens especially, who devote 4-5 hours per day on these platforms. 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. Our fun is their gravy train.