Comments on: The tyranny of real time http://pazzomundo.com/2009/12/08/the-tyranny-of-real-time/ Keeping up with the slow movement Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:48:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: PazzoMundo http://pazzomundo.com/2009/12/08/the-tyranny-of-real-time/comment-page-1/#comment-372 PazzoMundo Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:48:23 +0000 http://pazzomundo.com/?p=468#comment-372 Hmm - counter culture, kids - wonder how today's children will assert their authority as rebellious youth? It's interesting to think that it's the older folk that are rejecting today's time - the Slow Movement etc. Kids don't know any better. So will they rebel by trying to take back time? Or will it be the polar opposite - that they incorporate the new time in their physical selves? A little chip enhancement here, maybe prosthetic limbs for a faster ride, why not just plug in to the mainframe? Don't get me wrong, I'm with the Slowists on this. But that doesn't mean my kids won't look at me as some kind of religious relic. In fact, isn't that usually the way? Hmm – counter culture, kids – wonder how today’s children will assert their authority as rebellious youth?

It’s interesting to think that it’s the older folk that are rejecting today’s time – the Slow Movement etc. Kids don’t know any better.

So will they rebel by trying to take back time? Or will it be the polar opposite – that they incorporate the new time in their physical selves? A little chip enhancement here, maybe prosthetic limbs for a faster ride, why not just plug in to the mainframe?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m with the Slowists on this. But that doesn’t mean my kids won’t look at me as some kind of religious relic. In fact, isn’t that usually the way?

]]> By: Dean http://pazzomundo.com/2009/12/08/the-tyranny-of-real-time/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Dean Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:26:52 +0000 http://pazzomundo.com/?p=468#comment-371 <i>Now tell me what the hell is ‘downtime’?</i> In the public service downtime is six hours per day in the private sector it's 1-3 hours per day! The studies I've read and my experience show Crackberries and even mobile phones decrease productivity, not increase. While a simple text message may take 10 seconds to read it often wastes five minutes or more in 'interrupted time'. As far as our wider society goes, look around at how busy middle class children are. Off to swimming lessons, then basketball followed by dance and maybe some music lessons with cricket squeezed in there somewhere. When do our kids get time to reflect? Time to amuse themselves. Time to span. My partner and I used to relish spanning time together. We'd spend days simply spanning time and that is something I wish to ensure my kids can do. Viva la downtime! Turn off, tune out, drop in...to yourself. It's time for a new counter culture. I like this quote <b>"Our brains manufacture the illusion of a seamless flow of reality." </b> http://discovermagazine.com/2008/aug/11-how-your-brain-can-control-time/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C= Now tell me what the hell is ‘downtime’?
In the public service downtime is six hours per day in the private sector it’s 1-3 hours per day!

The studies I’ve read and my experience show Crackberries and even mobile phones decrease productivity, not increase. While a simple text message may take 10 seconds to read it often wastes five minutes or more in ‘interrupted time’.

As far as our wider society goes, look around at how busy middle class children are. Off to swimming lessons, then basketball followed by dance and maybe some music lessons with cricket squeezed in there somewhere. When do our kids get time to reflect? Time to amuse themselves. Time to span.

My partner and I used to relish spanning time together. We’d spend days simply spanning time and that is something I wish to ensure my kids can do. Viva la downtime!

Turn off, tune out, drop in…to yourself. It’s time for a new counter culture.

I like this quote “Our brains manufacture the illusion of a seamless flow of reality.” http://discovermagazine.com/2008/aug/11-how-your-brain-can-control-time/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=

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