mycorrhizaWhat I REALLY want is to live a lifestyle that is less dependent on accurate clocks. Let my body decide when to sleep and wake up. Make plans to meet people “around midday,” or “dusk.” Lounge around while I wait for the other person to show up, and be unbothered because neither of us is in any hurry.
Graydon Hoare@mycorrhiza 10,000x YES the clock is the root of all evils in the modern age
@mycorrhiza (I mean sure money obviously but money is time and anyways money is way older and it didn't used to be so bloody accurate)
@graydon One way to think of it (that just occurred to me now but has probably been written about before by others): currencies, calendars, and clocks are among the most powerful tools that empires have used to impose order on their subjects.
“Wait, what’s wrong with calendars?”
Don’t get me wrong; paying attention to where you are within the solar cycle makes a ton sense. Measures like “about one quarter-moon before the spring equinox” probably provide all the precision you need if you want to do agriculture or forage effectively. But this “Monday March ninth” shit is for the bosses.
Leon Barrett@mycorrhiza @graydon See also, "Seeing like a State": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State
@mycorrhiza it has indeed been written about by many people!
Misuse Case@graydon @mycorrhiza Some of us need accurate clocks to take our medications on time.
Jamie Gaskins@MisuseCase @graydon @mycorrhiza Do you need to know the time specifically? Or do you need to know it's time to take your medication?
Honest question. I don't have experience with medications with strict timing requirements.
Biggles 20X6!@jamie @MisuseCase @graydon @mycorrhiza it's usually to keep a regulated dosage level in the body. Not too much, not too little. Antibiotics for instance often have an 8 hr dosage duration. Or others with dangerous build up levels e.g. paracetamol/Ibuprofen.
Stimulants, antidepressants and steroids also need time measured dosage regimens
Stimulants, antidepressants and steroids also need time measured dosage regimens
tessarakt@graydon @mycorrhiza “May the gods damn the man who first discovered hours, and the one who set up a sundial here, for he has miserably chopped my day into pieces.”