Media, Information and Technoculture 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: John Durham Peters, Gestell, Catchphrase
6 Feb 2017
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Clocks (cid:498)whoever sets the time controls society(cid:499) john durham peters. One of the essential media of the modern world. Organizes our lives on a level like no other. Time is essential in regulating machines and systems. Most important aspect is that even though the clock effected the wide variety. It is a prime symbol of modernity, of our faustian mortgage of ourselves to things we did not choose but will not give up. The clock helped integrate the world spatially, creating the grid necessary for global. It is almost impossible to imagine a functioning world without clocks: we are integrated into the grid the clocks set up, it is hard today to feel that sense of timelessness. Thanks to smartphones, the role that always-on tech: you always have the means to function, even if you don(cid:495)t have the. Today work culture is about functioning 24/7.
