*Idea in 1 sentence:* Before corporate time, things were done when they needed to be done. Cows being milked when they need to, crops being harvested when they need to. You lived in a sense of magic moment-to-moment unaware of time as a concept, improving your subjective quality of life. Historians call this task-orientation because the rythms of life above emerge from what needs to be done rather than an external force. "The clock does not stop, but we don't hear it ticking" The downside of this approach? You can't orient yourself with others. ______ Related Notes: [[The spirit of the times is one of joyless urgency]] Tags: #history #philosophy Source: [[Four Thousand Weeks - Oliver Burkeman]] page 20 Date: 2023-05-01