Culture & Religion — August 11, 2009

Glued to the TV at 3:30PM? You Have Company.

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The New York Times recently presented an eye-opening graph derived from the American Time Use Survey. This unique project seeks to map out what Americans are doing every day, broken down minute-by-minute. The results reflect our under-employed age. At 3:30 PM, 13% of Americans are watching TV and movies – 27% are working. No word yet on what percentage are reading the Big Think blog. Check out the link for more.

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