Sure, our ancestors probably lived by their own natural clocks: the clock of hunger for the hunter-gatherers, the clock of one's own hunger as well as the hunger of the animals one kept, the clock of the seasons and the growing cycle of the crops.
But recently it seems many have structured their lives around an artificial clock that is a relic or vestige of the Industrial Revolution.
Break your clock. Break your clock today, for great justice! Burn your calendar in the street for all to see!
"Rise like lions after slumber"
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@kevin-eleven saidWhen I retired I tried getting rid of my wristwatch and doing whatever I felt like doing whenever I wanted to without regard to time.
Sure, our ancestors probably lived by their own natural clocks: the clock of hunger for the hunter-gatherers, the clock of one's own hunger as well as the hunger of the animals one kept, the clock of the seasons and the growing cycle of the crops.
But recently it seems many have structured their lives around an artificial clock that is a relic or vestige of the Indust ...[text shortened]... r great justice! Burn your calendar in the street for all to see!
"Rise like lions after slumber"
I couldn't do it, I was going nuts without knowing what time it is.
Yeah… try running public transport without time.
Or chairing a meeting without time.
Boil a fukking egg without time.
Really. You people are so stupid it just aggravates me. It’s like listening to unemployable people talking about their hard won freedoms.
And you have to read that very exactly to grasp that it’s a small group of individuals I’m actually taking about.
@shavixmir saidI must admit, these are all valid points, though I do think there should be a bit of flex time in our lives. Sorry Kevin, I'll give the full point to shav on this one. Without the clock we're no different than the 60's hippie Chrystal worshipers, who thought they'd just float through life on their own personal karma trips. It didn't work then, and it won't work now.
Yeah… try running public transport without time.
Or chairing a meeting without time.
Boil a fukking egg without time.
Really. You people are so stupid it just aggravates me. It’s like listening to unemployable people talking about their hard won freedoms.
And you have to read that very exactly to grasp that it’s a small group of individuals I’m actually taking about.
@kevin-eleven saidIf yu want to live like a hunter-gatherer you can do that. But in our organised world it si difficult...Maybe your doctor will accpet that you come in on your own time, but probably ou will then have to wait until a slot opens (unexpectedly...)
Sure, our ancestors probably lived by their own natural clocks: the clock of hunger for the hunter-gatherers, the clock of one's own hunger as well as the hunger of the animals one kept, the clock of the seasons and the growing cycle of the crops.
But recently it seems many have structured their lives around an artificial clock that is a relic or vestige of the Indust ...[text shortened]... r great justice! Burn your calendar in the street for all to see!
"Rise like lions after slumber"
@kevin-eleven saidTime wasn’t very important for the majority of folks during the industrial revolution. The factory owners employed ‘knocker uppers’ who tap in all the windows until someone emptied a chamber pot in his head and once at work it was all hooters and sirens telling people when to take lunch or finish for the day.
Sure, our ancestors probably lived by their own natural clocks: the clock of hunger for the hunter-gatherers, the clock of one's own hunger as well as the hunger of the animals one kept, the clock of the seasons and the growing cycle of the crops.
But recently it seems many have structured their lives around an artificial clock that is a relic or vestige of the Indust ...[text shortened]... r great justice! Burn your calendar in the street for all to see!
"Rise like lions after slumber"
I take your point though, even at the weekends I usually have to do this by a certain time or be there by whenever. It does suck and the age of IT has only made it worse.
@Ponderable
I just heard my doc talking to a 90 yo patient, he was like a half hour late, 15 minutes is cutoff. Doc said, I have many patients to see me and if I took you in a half hour late that would mean the rest of them will wait another half hour and if I do that to two people, an hour delay for the rest so I can't see you now.
If you live off the grid in a forest somewhere you can ditch all time but you still have to sleep and that would probably be at night so you would still have to be aware of the affects of time, like seasons and such, if you are a hunter gatherer you would have to pay close attention to a lot of time related details like when is winter coming and when are bears hibernating, so we are stuck with time and the rest is just quibbling.
@averagejoe1 saidI retired from my regular job 4+ years ago...havent had a watch on since.
Why wear a stupid watch? Time is posted everywhere. And if retired, you only need to know the time to T-off at the golf course.