Trying to think of a name X for the 'before' state of atemporality. X = global consensus clock-time culture <1980 atemporality = 1980s-2015s increasing anomic uncertainty Multitemporality = post-great-weirding time culture, where everybody gets a subjective time zone
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Candidates so far, none of which is entirely satisfactory Monotemporality Unitemporality Canonicity Peak Clock Clocksensus (global consensus based on clocks)
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Connotations I want to get at: global consensus, chronos > kairos (ie objective measured time over subjective sense of time, externalized), maximal synchronization/coherence. Synchronicity kinda gets at it, but is too strong. That's synchronization to the point of serendipity.
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Replying to @vgr
You're getting at something that makes me curious about a good term as well. Would you take it back to pre-radio?
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Replying to @KeenDisregard @vgr
I'm not sure a past global consensus as opposed to a current lack of it is really an applicable distinction. Different clock times in different towns were an issue even at the advent of passenger rail.
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Not sure of details, but even electric light could be a factor. I'm thinking something along the lines of "organic time" that still affords space for variety but indicates pre- artificial synchronization, using artificial in the sense of man-made temporal attractors"...
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Replying to @KeenDisregard
You're on the right track (and I'm only ahead of you because I've been thinking about this for years). The difference between the before and after varieties of "organic time" (a good term for kairos) is the degree of global entanglement. Organic on village scale vs. global scale.
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Electric light was totally a factor, but due to timing (electrification happened after standardization) it kinda added finishing touches than the original heavy lifting of shifting the time culture.
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Right, I was just thinking that getting the rail/Edison timeline laid out in my head
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Also, lighting as a synchronization effect was somewhat weak, because turning on off street lights still followed local sunset related cultures, and there was a pre-existing culture of lamplighters doing the work in public spaces.
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