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Overview
A quicker task. A lighter life?
A service becomes self-service. A household task is delegated. A new AI tool produces an answer in seconds. Each promises to make life easier. But what happens to the work around it? In Where the Work Went, Sara Light follows documented studies across home life, workplaces and everyday services to examine the effort that convenience removes, transfers, transforms or creates. The enquiry moves from invisible household planning to application assistance, automation, flexible working and shorter working weeks. It explores why completing an action can leave its responsibility untouched, why faster performance can demand greater effort, and why simpler access may still miss the people facing the greatest obstacles. The book also looks closely at genuine relief: help that makes an opportunity usable, tools that improve performance and arrangements that give people greater control over their time. For readers curious about human behaviour, technology and the demands of ordinary life, these real cases offer a clearer way to examine a familiar promise: this will make life easier. When something becomes easier, where does the work go-and who gets the benefit?This item is Non-Returnable
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- ISBN-13: 9798166419606
- ISBN-10: 9798166419606
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.29 pounds
- Page Count: 118
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