Time
Chronos (Χρόνος):
Measurable, linear, homogeneous time.
Measured by clocks, calendars, minutes.
Flows continuously in equal segments.
Frames life events such as birth and death.
In modern capitalism, labor, production, wages, and productivity are organized according to the logic of chronos.
Example: An 8-hour workday, a 50-minute class, a project
Kairos – Quality Time Helps Us Feel Human
Time is necessary for those fundamentally human aspects of life – love, connection, meaning, inspiration, awe, wonder. Things like creativity, art and intimacy cannot be done faster without paying a steep price. Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness , writes, “All the things that bind us together and... See more
Time is necessary for those fundamentally human aspects of life – love, connection, meaning, inspiration, awe, wonder. Things like creativity, art and intimacy cannot be done faster without paying a steep price. Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness , writes, “All the things that bind us together and... See more
phenomenology Archives - Slow Space
The Ancient Greeks had two words for time:
1. Chronos = sequential, quantitative time
2. Kairos = fluctuating, qualitative time
Here's why you need to understand kairos... https://t.co/UfjSNRKU3P
the ancient Greeks distinguished two kinds of time, “kairos (opportunity or the propitious moment) and chronos (eternal or ongoing time). While the first . . . offers hope, the second extends a warning.” Kairos is the time of cleverness, chronos the time of wisdom.
Stewart Brand • The Clock Of The Long Now: Time and Responsibility
"Long ago, before the Great Clock, time was measured by changes in heavenly bodies: the slow sweep of stars across the night sky, the arc of the sun and variation in light, the waxing and waning of the moon, tides, seasons. Time was measured also by heartbeats, the rhythms of drowsiness and sleep, the recurrence of hunger, the menstrual cycles of... See more
The Marginalian • Einstein’s Dreams: Physicist Alan Lightman’s Poetic Exploration of Time and the Antidote to the Anxiety of Aliveness – The Marginalian
Time, and how we experience time, is always a cultural creation. Most cultures are taught—to put this very simply—that time is circular. Subsequently, you can see the world being played out in a circular way. What’s interesting about Western cultures is, at some point, we said, “You know what? We’re not circular. We’re an arrow. We’re not looking
... See moreDebbie Millman • Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits
To me the Clock and the Library capture two different aspects of time. The Clock is Newtonian time, physical time—reversible, regular, steady. The Library is information time. It points in a direction, it grows, it’s unpredictable. One of the fundamental mysteries of the universe to me is how one kind of time can be made out of the other—how
... See moreStewart Brand • The Clock Of The Long Now: Time and Responsibility
Slow living shouldn’t be a trend but your default state. Historically and evolutionary speaking, being in a hurry is a crazy exception, not the norm. Seneca argues that “nothing is as useful as it should be if it’s done with haste.” Being in a rush cancels the present moment which in turn cancels anything of depth and value on a spiritual level.
... See moreVizi Andrei • The Sovereign Artist
The central tenet of the Slow philosophy is taking the time to do things properly, and thereby enjoy them more.