Relationship with Time

How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: Arnold Bennett on Living a Meaningful Life Within the Constraints of Time

Finally, to repeat one more time: productivity in the wrong direction isn’t worth anything at all. Think more about what to work on.

this reminds me of Byung-Chul Han’s work on the disappearance of rituals.

The internet embodies this carnival temporality with startling clarity:

• Cyclical bursts : meme cycles, outrage waves, and news frenzies erupt, fade, and return with variation.

• Inversions : anonymous users become viral, while experts, CEOs, and politicians are mocked, parodied, or dethroned.

• Acceleration & simultaneity : the timeline collapses