Pandemic Time

The concept of "events" in the article "The Body As Mixer" intersects interestingly with ideas of time in complex adaptive systems, particularly when considering the distinction between chronos and kairos.●Chronos refers to linear, sequential time, the kind we measure with clocks and calendars. It's the quantitative aspect of time.●Kairos, on the o... See more

In the past, our timekeeping systems were synchronized with the systems of the earth. The rhythms and seasons of nature help us orient and make sense of when we are. Digital media has warped our subjective sense of time and thrown us into a state of atemporal confusion. Aside from surface-level features like “dark mode,” digital temporality is blin... See more