42 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestIt’s responsible for nightly fights around the world; to pre-rinse or not? Whose turn to load? Knives up or down? But the dishwasher also saves you about 230 hours a year, is kinder on your wallet and on the environment.
Explores the scientific, social, economic and environmental consequences of supposedly time-saving inventions, ideas and objects. Throughout a lifetime, the minutes that are actually lost or saved can add up to days, weeks, months or even years.
Editing
Brutal time-lapse math that visually eviscerates your daily routines.
Writing
Sardonic narration treats your Keurig like a war criminal.
Production
Retro-future aesthetic makes mundanity feel dystopian.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series weaponizes the 'rebound effect' — economists' term for how efficiency gains get eaten by increased consumption.
The elevator episode's垂直城市 history connects directly to modern '15-minute city' urban planning debates.
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