Years ago, there was no Internet. You could get information only from newspapers and books. Both have an end, and you have to stop consuming them at some point. After finishing the newspaper, you had to wait a day, week, or even a month for the fresh one. During that waiting time, you were just doing something else. Basically living, enjoying life.
Nowadays, with the Internet, there is a problem…
…let’s stop consuming all those infinite feeds and do something more useful. :-)