The technology of the information age has given us the possibility to invest our time in ways that once only the most powerful could afford. If, in the seventeenth century, you wanted to watch Macbeth in your house, you had to be named James Stuart, have William Shakespeare and his acting company on retainer, and have a full-sized theater in your royal palace.
信息时代的技术给了我们以曾经只有最有权力的人才负担得起的方式投资我们的时间。在十七世纪，如果你想在家中观赏《麦克白》，你必须名叫詹姆斯·史都华（James Stuart），有莎士比亚和他的演艺公司当你的家佣，还得在你的皇宫中拥有全尺寸剧院。