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Is your business/product helping people waste or save time?

Most products/services either  save you time help you kill it Its been a way I've amused myself and thought it was pretty obivous. But someone got a kick out of it when I explained it to them a couple of days ago, so here goes...  The argument is broad enough so that with some mental and verbal gymnastics it can be made to apply to anything. Think about it: almost any product or business you use either helps you do things more efficiently or helps you kill time. Cars: save you time TV: helps you kill it Google: saves you time YouTube: helps you kill it In essence, you're job is one of these things: its that simple: you're saving people time or helping them kill it (which is just as important, because life is hard!:)) Of course, its no fun unless you unnecessarily complicate the thought experiment!   Everything that helps you save time can be used to help you waste it Cars:  save you time, except when you're driving to the movies to waste it Google: saves you time, e...

My stuff: The Prophecies

Oh well. By popular demand (actually just one person, I couldn't say no to:)) , I dusted off this short story , that I wrote a while ago for a creative writing class. I'm not thrilled with it: I think its a little too long and the beginning is kinda weak. The plan is to go back and fix it, and tighten the whole story at some point, but... Yeah, I have some serious self-criticism issues, but I like setting low expectations. I hope you enjoy it if you choose to read it.:) Update: Oh I got one friend's semi-favorable review way back .