Why Your Dishwasher Is Secretly a Time Machine

Ever notice how doing dishes by hand feels like it takes forever, but running the dishwasher feels instant? Turns out your brain has a bizarre relationship with 'active' versus 'passive' time that goes way beyond kitchen chores. We'll explore why waiting for an elevator feels eternal but a 2-hour movie flies by, and how this glitch in human time perception accidentally shaped everything from city planning to smartphone design.