Saved by sari and
The Tyranny Of Time
The more we synchronize ourselves with the time in clocks, the more we fall out of sync with our own bodies and the world around us. Borrowing a term from the environmentalist Bill McKibben, Michelle Bastian, a senior lecturer at Edinburgh University and editor of the academic journal Time & Society, has argued that clocks have made us “fatally
... See moreJoe Zadeh • The Tyranny Of Time
With artificial light, we believe we defeat the sleep-wake cycle; with climate control, the seasonal cycle; with refrigeration, the agricultural cycle; and with high-tech medicine, the rest-recovery cycle. Triumphal linearism has shaped the very style of Western and (especially) American civilization. Before, when cyclical time reigned, people... See more
William Strauss • The Fourth Turning
The West views clocks as tyrannical gods that cannot be disobeyed. Full article on Substack: boozylectures
Comment “article” if you’re interested in reading the full article from the Telegraph and I will DM it to you!
#essaywriter #essaywriting #substack #writersociety #writergram
boozylecturesinstagram.com