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> those people realized they're able to coordinate better when they have synced clocks, which made new things possible The development of clocks is related to
by maratc 2y ago
> those people realized they're able to coordinate better when they have synced clocks, which made new things possible
The development of clocks is related to industrialization and opening of plants that need all the workers to be there at e.g. 8 am for the shift to start. If you have to be at the factory at 8 am you'd better know what time it is. It's not that the development of clocks has brought us factories; rather, the development of factories has brought us clocks.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoIt's a feedback loop; manufacturing couldn't scale without clocks, and neither transportation - think e.g. train time tables. Once it became possible to keep people in sync down to minutes, it immediately became popular, and those who avoided it were increasingly left behind. FWIW, I'm not saying it's a good development. I'm torn on this. Outside of direct progress, we seem to be running in Red Queen's races quite a lot, as improvements turn into baseline.
- kiba 2y agoThe relationship is likely bidirectional as opposed to a one way street.