S2E9: A Brief History Of Timekeeping from The Secret History of the Future

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S2E9: A Brief History Of Timekeeping from The Secret History of the Future
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The history of timekeeping is a history of control, a duty to be “on time.” But solving generational problems like climate change will require us to think in eons, not hours. Listen to The Secret History of the Future (with TheEconomist) on Stitcher 🎧

The first mechanical clocks were made to summon monks to prayer. Ever since, timekeeping technology has often been about control and obligation. But underneath a mountain in Texas, a new kind of clock is being built that’s meant to alter the way we think about time.

Can it force us to connect our distant past with our distant future, tick by tick?The first mechanical clocks were made to summon monks to prayer. Ever since, timekeeping technology has often been about control and obligation. But underneath a mountain in Texas, a new kind of clock is being built that’s meant to alter the way we think about time.

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