 After rejecting alternate explanations for this decline in happiness, he turns to the device paradigm for what he considers the superior explanation.Since “the primary context of pretechnological life that suffered decomposition function by function was the household” because of technology, according to Borgmann it follows that leisure—which is most often associated with one's “free time” at home—also has fallen prey to the degradation inherent in that division (136).We do find this to be the case, and Borgmann details how we “cope” with this problem, spending time talking about numerous issues related to family life