You're tied up in the kitchen for hours. Mixing, kneading, rolling, waiting, kneading again and then baking. And four hours later, you have a wonderful tasting loaf that looks a little like a mushroom. Fax machines and cellular phones give us instant access. Roadways are better.
Planes fly to more locations more often.
Computers balance our checkbooks and even write the checks. However, for most of us the opposite is true. As technology has increased, so have the demands that we and others make on our time. We have a tendency to add new activities without dropping old ones. We don't set limits on our work, allowing it to encroach on our sleep and leisure time.