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The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time
Danny Hillis explains what motivated him to build a linear Clock
Stewart Brand • The Clock Of The Long Now: Time and Responsibility
You make it (somewhat) arbitrary. Divide the world into 24 time zones, and slowly force people — often through colonial might — to abide by one, standard time for an entire wedge. Do it in the name of commerce, of travel, of ease of communication, of ease . Fast-forward a century and a half, and this rational/irrational time
... See moreCulture Study • The Diminishing Returns of Calendar Culture
- “The first thing to note is that pretty much everything is a clock. Garbage announces the days with its worsening smell. Wrinkles mark the years. “You could tell time by measuring how cold your coffee has gotten on your coffee table,” said Huber, who is now at the Technical University of Vienna and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Inf... See more