How Capitalism Commodifies Time
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The Experience of Time Under Late Capitalism
Sociologist and political theorist hartmot rosa famously delineates three ferent kinds of acceleration in modern life. He talks about one, technological acceleration; the way that i can now have my laundry done within an hour rather than 3 hours. Two, the acceleration of social change: the idea that forms of life are rapidly able to shift on a broader scale than human civilizations have ever seen before. And third, the celeration of the pace of life - we're talking about time under late capitalism. Why is it that time feels so fast under capitalism? Yea. I think that's so interesting to think about.
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