Deep Time: The Tyranny of Time

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Wisconsin Public Radio

Prx, Philosophy, Knowledge, Wpr, Ttbook, Wisconsin, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 January 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

When you’re on the clock, you’re always running out of time – because in our culture, time is money. The relentless countdown is making us and the planet sick. But clock time isn’t the only kind. There are older, deeper rhythms of time that sustain life. What would it be like to live more in tune with nature’s clocks?

**Deep Time is a series all about the natural ecologies of time from To The Best Of Our Knowledge and the Center for Humans and Nature. We'll explore life beyond the clock, develop habits of "timefulness" and learn how to live with greater awareness of the many types of time in our lives.

Original Air Date: June 03, 2023

Interviews In This Hour:

How time came to rule our lives — and how we might free ourselves — The past and future of keeping time

Guests:

Jenny Odell, David Rooney

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Anne.
0:03.5	Lately, I have had this overwhelming feeling that time, for some reason, is speeding up.
0:10.6	For everybody.
0:12.5	Whether it's the news cycle, social media, artificial intelligence, or global warming,
0:18.2	the pace of life seems to be accelerating beyond what feels good, let alone natural.
0:27.8	And I want to know why, and especially if there's anything we can do about it.
0:33.2	And that is why we are beginning a new series onto the best of our knowledge called Deep Time.
0:39.0	It's an exploration of the natural ecologies of time.
0:43.2	So welcome to episode one, the tyranny of time.
0:47.2	The Tyranny of Time.
0:58.2	Wisconsin Public Radio It's to the best of our knowledge.
1:05.5	I'm Anne Strange Champs.
1:06.6	Oh,
1:07.5	Oh.
1:15.7	Yeah. It's too long.
1:17.3	Sorry about that.
1:20.7	My chair creaked, so I'm going to do that again.
1:25.3	I'm Anne Strange Champs, and this is to the best of our knowledge. This is to the best of our knowledge.
1:26.7	Hi, everyone.
1:27.7	It's Anne. It's Anne. It's Anne. Anne Strange Champs. I'll give the best of our knowledge. This is to the best of our knowledge. Hi everyone. It's Anne.
1:28.0	It's Anne.
1:28.6	It's Anne.
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