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Since I read Alice in Wonderland that I
remember the white rabbit running and
saying
“Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too
late!”
. If you readGulliver Travels by Jonathan
Swift you’ll remember the Lilliputians think
Gulliver’s watch is God because he does not
do anything without consulting first
“The
tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver’s
watch may be his god, because it is that
which, he admits, he seldom does anything
without consulting.”
According to Adam Westbrook in his Fusion
channel, everything started in 1657, the year
you could have coffee for the first
time
in
Paris, or chocolate in London. It was when
the
balance spring
was invented, so if you
gave it a push it didn’t stop moving, exactly
the same as
Time
. Suddendly and by accident
the human being found a way to measure
something up to then ephimeral. It was the
beginning of the clock, and by mechanizing
time
, we accidentalymechanized
us
. And
when the clocks became smaller,
time
started following us everywhere.Watches
became an essential object in our wrists.
Well, first maybe in our vest-pockets and now
although still on us, in our mobiles, tvs and
endless gadgets. They became ornaments,
accessories, even jewels, and symbols of
status, you’ve probable heard about the
meaning of having a Rolex in the corporate
ladder.People wear luxury watches to show
other people that they are successful.People
wear luxury watchesto send a subconscious
signal to their partners.
Since then, whe don’t eat when we are hungry
but when it’s
time
to eat, we sleep when it’s
time
to sleep. Our work can be measured but
productivity and hours, these little pieces in
which
time
is broken up. Of course, in the
past there existed sand clocks but that was a
completely new understanding of the world.
Another eternal question I had about
Time
was: why is it that we have different
Time
zones in the world? and the answer again
goes back to the clock.
The
expansion
of
transport
and
communication during the 19th century
created a need for a unified
time
-keeping
system.
So, as you can see
Time
and Clocks are
constantly ruling our lives. Fortunately there
are nice
Times
like the ones shortly coming,
Christmas
Time
. A
Time
for generosity and
sharing, a
Time
for forgivingand loving.Don’t
forget the clock will also be present at 12:00
pmO’clock on New Year’s Eve telling us when
to eat our grapes. By the way, did you know
that this
O
’clock was said to differenciate
the precise
time
of a real clock from the still
existing and non-precise sundial?. So people
in the 17th century would say things like “It’s
six of the clock”.
But now, I run out of
Time
and I cannot go
without wishing youa very Happy New Year
and Merry Christmas
Time
to you all.
MANAL ZAHRAA MURAD