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Linear, Chronological, Clock Time — Judy Wajcman at The Interval at Long Now

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Channel: The Long Now Foundation · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Thinking of time at the scale that is measured by the face of a clock is a relatively recent phenomenon. What role does modern technology play in the feeling that life is speeding up? Taken from her recent talk "Time Poverty Amidst Digital Abundance" at The Interval.

Watch the full video of this talk here: https://theinterval.org/salon-talks/02018/mar/27/time-poverty-amidst-digital-abundance-wajcman

Technology promises to save us time. But its track record in real and psychological terms is often the opposite. A sociologist of science and technology, Judy Wajcman looks at time pressure and acceleration in the digital age. Following up on her book "Pressed for Time," her recent work considers how calendar software interacts with existing anxieties of our digitally driven lives.

This video from our ongoing Conversations at The Interval lecture series was produced with support from Stripe, who build the economic infrastructure of the internet http://Stripe.com 

Judy Wajcman is the Anthony Giddens Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. This talk was given while she was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University: https://casbs.stanford.edu

Since 01954 the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences has been a preeminent national and international locus for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, and transformative thinking and research on some of the most important challenges and issues. Its aim is discovery in the service of advancing social science methods, theories, and topics that address and answer socially significant questions. At the heart of the CASBS enterprise is its residential fellowship program, which attracts the finest minds from psychology, sociology, economics, political science, anthropology, history, philosophy, linguistics, and related disciplines.

The Long Now Foundation is a non-profit located in San Francisco dedicated to fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. Find out more at http://longnow.org

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