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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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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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.
