Amusing Ourselves to Death

every tool we create, an idea is embedded that goes beyond the function of the thing itself.

the clearest way to see through a culture is to attend to its tools for conversation.

In the process, we have learned irreverence toward the sun and the seasons, for in a world made up of seconds and minutes, the authority of nature is superseded. Indeed, as Mumford points out, with the invention of the clock, Eternity ceased to serve as the measure and focus of human events.