Jenny Odell: Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
Long Now
The History of Time Management
The history of time management has led to the internalization of a specific industrial sense of time, treating personal time as a resource to be managed like a factory. This mindset is still prevalent today, with time seen as a finite resource and a zero-sum game. However, the perception of time is deeply influenced by societal power dynamics, financial status, race, gender, and other contextual factors. Time is socially constructed, as evidenced by the approach of a working moms Facebook group admin who encouraged collective meal preparation instead of individual time management. Shifting away from the perception of individuals with fungible hours is essential for liberating collective time. The concept of time as change and interconnected processes emphasizes the richness of the temporal landscape, challenging the primacy of standardized clock time. The pandemic prompted a reevaluation of time perception, leading to a deeper appreciation of time's non-linear nature and its inseparability from space. This perspective draws from the work of geologists, philosopher Henri Bergson, and indigenous scholars, highlighting the interconnectedness of time and space.
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