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A History of Timekeeping: Our Obsession With Time Is Both Ancient and Modern
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Your phone buzzes. Another meeting reminder. A calendar notification. A timer for that thing you were cooking.
If you're like most people, you experience dozens of these little time-related interruptions daily. We're practically swimming in them, these constant reminders that our modern lives are utterly, completely governed by precise measurements of time.
But here's the kicker: this relationship with time isn't just some modern affliction. It's ancient. It's primal. And it reveals something profound about how humans have always tried to control their environment.
We've Always Been Obsessed With Time
Long before the first Apple Watch or even the first mechanical clock, humans were watching the sky with the intensity of scientists. Those early timekeepers—our ancestors tracking lunar cycles, noting solstices, predicting floods—weren't just being practical. They were trying to do exactly what we do now: gain control by understanding patterns.
When an ancient Egyptian priest watched the Nile's annual flooding or a Babylonian astronomer tracked Venus across the night sky, they were engaging in the earliest form of time management. Their survival literally depended on it. ... continue reading the article
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