We have turned time into a bully
Tick tock. On the clock. Overtime.
Time rules.
We charge by the hour as if the complexity of value can be broken down into time. Ten people cannot find a solution to a problem after many hours of investigation. One person comes in and fixes it in 5 minutes. Is their time worth the same, and how do we measure this?
The bully of time is also the antithesis of creativity. Some people can be wildly creative with time constraints. Yet the free roaming of the mind, the untethered synaptic accidents, is the home of innovation.
The bully of time is soul-destroying, heartbreaking. It turns brilliance into empty husks. Humans become machines. And all the precessional effects that go with that. Mental health breakdown. Replacement addiction to the scroll. The loss of complexity intelligence that needs multi-source input to keep alive.
In a world where the machines are becoming dominant, the rise of AI rogue states, untethering the human mind from the bully of time becomes the greatest opportunity for life-generating innovation, art and science.
Time spaciousness is the generator function of the good, the true and the beautiful. It is where humans touch beauty, love and joy.
Without it, we wither on the vine.
Photo Taken January 6th, 2025, Article written January 6th, 2025.
