Source: CalculateQuick (visualization). 1900 life expectancy from CDC/NCHS United States Life Tables. Work hours from EH.net, Hours of Work in U.S. History. 2024 time allocations from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics American Time Use Survey. 2024 global life expectancy from WHO World Health Statistics.
Tools: Python (NumPy + Matplotlib).
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**Source**: CalculateQuick (visualization). 1900 life expectancy from CDC/NCHS United States Life Tables. Work hours from EH.net, Hours of Work in U.S. History. 2024 time allocations from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics American Time Use Survey. 2024 global life expectancy from WHO World Health Statistics.
**Tools**: Python (NumPy + Matplotlib).
In 1900 you worked 60-hour weeks starting at 14, spent 6 years on chores with no appliances, and the purple “Screens” block didn’t exist.
In 2024, screens eat 11 years and chores dropped by a third. The gold “Everything Else” sliver at the end is all the unstructured time you get in either era.
We gained 26 years of life and screens ate most of it.