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Re:Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox (2004) [pdf] by commandersaki on Thursday December 05, 2019 @12:40PM (#21714334)
The trick to commuting is making the best of it. Then it's not a sunk cost or lost time. It's also not an environmental waste if you consider the alternative mode of transports.

I have the luxury of taking a 1.5 hour ferry ride in the morning and evening. I sometimes alternate and use the train for a 50 minute commute. Regardless I always get a seat and read a book or work on my laptop. In fact most of my productive work gets done on the ferry. Work is for socialising.

Wouldn't trade the commute for a shorter walk to work.

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Re:Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox (2004) [pdf] by lotsofpulp on Thursday December 05, 2019 @12:52PM (#21714450)
>The trick to commuting is making the best of it. Then it's not a sunk cost or lost time.

Assuming one wants to spend time with family/friends/exercise, and wants to sleep 6 to 8 hours, I don't see anyway to make a long commute not be lost time. I consider commutes part of my work time, as I'm not free to do what I want. I'm paying with my commute time + work time to buy free time.

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Re:Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox (2004) [pdf] by mamon on Thursday December 05, 2019 @01:50PM (#21715056)
If you commute by car you have to payon to the road and can’t do anything else. If you use public transportation it is probably too crowded and inconvenient to read a book or watch a podcast. Situations as described by you are exception, not the rule. Of course self-driving cars would solve this.
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