I was reading a book by Carl Frey, The Technology Trap, that gave a historical perspective on the development of technology and the challenges it presented. Frey along with his Oxford University colleague Michael Osborne predicted in 2013 that AI and robots could replace up to 47% of the USA labor market.
in the book Frey quotes American historian Lewis Mumford on how the invention of the clock was responsible for the development of the Industrial Revolution. For the first time the length of an hour was set, the day and work day could be divided because it was no longer dependent upon the sun.
How about how the clock disconnected us from our natural environment. While the sun is not part of Mother Earth, its cycles and rhythms greatly influence life on Earth. With the invention of the clock it was no longer necessary to be attuned to the sun to grasp what part of the day it was.
The clock marked the acceleration of our disconnect from our Mother and her cycles and rhythms. We no longer needed to be aware of ou environment--instead we had the clock that would eventually become a new task master that allowed for industrialization.
The CLOCK helped separate us from our Mother.
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