How Capitalism Commodifies Time
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The Temporal Transformation of Late Capitalism
Thompson talks about the shift from task oriented time to labor time. He notes examples of non capitalist cul s that use measurements of time, such as how long it takes to cook an egg. In the seventeenth century, for example, people measure time in terms of seven abe madias, which are prayer units. And that is just so different from the way that we think about time to day,. It's empty time.
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