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Why Time is Speeding Up
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 26237455:MV8xODYwOTI2XzM1ODI5NDIwX0U5QjNBNUI2] [b]"[/b]We are grains of sand in the hourglass of life. Either we are above/below or going through inevitable constriction; ever at the notion of the Timeless Timekeeper as He randomly turns the hourglass upside-down or downside-up.[b]"[/b] [b]--Melchor L. Aguilar[/b] [/quote]
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Why time is speeding up
Technology as a tool has sped up time...
Technology is an extension of our mental selves, because of technology we are able to travel faster, communicate differently
Technology as an extension of our mental selves, changes our mental selves - alters - extends our perception of, just as an ax would be a physical tool to effect our physical environment
Technology closes the distance between two points in time and space
Cellphones - everyone is carrying around a wormhole in their pocket
Technology has compressed time & space:
Example 100,000 years ago if someone was on the other side of the planet they were really far away, but now we can wisper something on one side of the planet and b heard on the other side instantly.
Shrinking Map of the World by David Harvey:
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link to www.stonybrook.edu
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not my ideas....
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link to www.ted.com
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