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１(A) [出典：James Wallman, "Why We're All So Worried About Having Too Little Time", Time, January 30, 2020.]
近年様々な事が実現可能になった一方，携帯依存や経験重視の消費行動，過剰な選択肢のせいで時間の不足を感じる人が多く，そうした人々はより不健康で非効率的になりやすい。(80字)
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以下の英文を読み，その内容を70～80字の日本語で要約せよ。句読点も字数に含める。
In the 2010s, we worried about having too many things. A growing awareness of consumerism's effect on the environment and a desire to broadcast our lives on social media led us to value experience over things. Now we've started to worry about something new: too little time.
Psychologists have found experiences are more likely than material goods to deliver happiness, but of course we must make choices about which experiences to pursue. The fear of making the wrong one, and therefore wasting valuable time, is something many of us feel deeply.
There is some irony to this problem: we have more free time now than we have had in decades. But for a number of reasons, it doesn't feel that way.
In his 2019 book Spending Time, Daniel S. Hamermesh explains that while our life spans have gotten a bit longer - 13% since 1960 - our spending power has surged by 198%. "It makes it difficult to stuff all the things that we want and can now afford into the growing, but increasingly relatively much more limited, time that we have available to purchase and to enjoy them over our lifetimes," he writes.
Next, there is our cellphone addiction. American adults spend around three and a half hours on their devices each day, trying to keep up with the volume of emails, texts, social media updates and 24/7 news. And much of our time is "contaminated time" - when we are doing one thing but thinking about something else. Trying to get more out of every minute - scanning Twitter while watching TV, for example - makes us think we are being productive, but really it just makes us feel more tired out.
Add to this the ever expanding options in today's experience economy. Think of all the plays, talks, and workshops you could go to tonight.
No wonder many of us suffer from what psychologists call "time famine." There have been calls to resist the attention economy, but the factors that makes us feel time-poor aren't going away anytime soon. Tech companies, for instance, may have built apps to tell you how much time you spend on your device, but their business models rely on your continued use.
People who feel short of time are more likely to be anxious or depressed. They are less likely to exercise or eat healthy foods. And they are less productive at work. It makes sense then that there has been growing interest from psychologists in the best ways to spend our time.
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