Werkglocken

[Regs]

In the 14th century, an upsurge in demand for textiles in Europe caused loom owners to look for ways of increasing productivity. What came to be was the creation of the mechanical clock. Workers resisted the regimentation of their lives. They enjoyed working a schedule regulated only by the seasons and the rising and setting of the sun. The workers staged uprisings against the clock - but to no avail. The government sided with employers and imposed fines for ignoring the "Werkglocken". Harsher peanalties, including death, were imposed on anyone trying to use the clocks bells to signal a revolt.


700 years later....many people are, in effect, slaves of the Werkglock.



Can you imagine life without a clock?

 

[moshquerade]

Can you imagine life without a clock?

why yes... yes i can

 

[techs]

I'd love to comment. I just don't have the time.

 

[iamwiz82]

Elaine: What time you got?

Kramer: Oh, no. I don't wear a watch.

Elaine: What do you do?

Kramer: Well, I tell time by the sun.

Elaine: How close do you get?

Kramer: Well, I can guess within an hour.

Elaine: Tsk. Well, I can guess within the hour, and I don't even have to look at the sun.

Kramer: Yeah.

Elaine: Well, what about at night? What do you do then?

Kramer: Well, night's tougher but it's only a couple of hours.

 

[techs]

Elaine: What time you got?

Kramer: Oh, no. I don't wear a watch.

Elaine: What do you do?

Kramer: Well, I tell time by the sun.

Elaine: How close do you get?

Kramer: Well, I can guess within an hour.

Elaine: Tsk. Well, I can guess within the hour, and I don't even have to look at the sun.

Kramer: Yeah.

Elaine: Well, what about at night? What do you do then?

Kramer: Well, night's tougher but it's only a couple of hours.

That's a classic.

 

[Regs]

I had to wait 4 days to say this shit.

 

[Regs]

Ok...lets make this more relevant. People use rationalization to accept systems of control. We adopted traffic lights because we know it we would be better off having light signals control us than just the natural movement of the herd.

What is it about traffic lights that irritate us the most? Is it the time used up during a red light, or the lack of control?

Take for instance driving on a high way with no one in front of you. What speed are you doing? My guess, is that you're a rational person doing the speed limit plus or minus 5-8mph. Now lets stick a driver in front of your car doing the exact speed limit, however dictating what speed you are able to do. Do you get anxious to pass this driver?

This is the same reasoning why you will likely never see cars with outrageous speed governors.