Against the Clock: How Tech Has Changed Our Perception of Time

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May 23, 2017 a project of ServiceSpace Forever is composed of nows. - Emily Dickinson - Against the Clock: How Tech Has Changed Our Perception of Time Alan Burdick's most recent book, "Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation," chronicles his quest to understand the nature of lived time. He recently joined Douglas Rushkoff, media theorist and author of "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now," for a conversation on what we miss about the nature of time when we only think about it as a number. The conversation touches on the tension between experienced time and number time, how to align more closely to the body's natural chrono-biology, and how, because of technology, we are losing the experience of the expansiveness of time. { read more } Be The Change Leave your watch at home, switch off your phone, and go for a good long walk around your neighborhood. How does it feel to disconnect from the clock for a little while? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 243,739 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More