Many of us aspire to this ability to be 'on' at any time and to treat the various portions of the day as mere artifacts of a more primitive culture—the way we look at seemingly archaic blue laws that used to require stores to remain closed at least one day a week. We want all the time, to everything—and to be capable of matching this intensity and availability ourselves. Isn't this what it would mean to be truly digital citizens of the virtual city that never sleeps?

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