Time

We have a completely different idea of time than, say, cavemen. Cavemen experienced days of differing lengths because... uh... days are different lengths. We measure them all at 24 hours, but cavemen (as an example) wouldn't really be concerned with the part when they couldn't see well and were asleep at least part of the time. Like everything, days grew in size then became small, then grew again.

We like to force things into a measured, all-alike chunklet. It seems like it's missing the point to do that, although it certainly makes shopping easier. The automobile lights law here is like a caveman-think law, though, because it's concerned with darkness, not time. When I used to have lots of animals, one thing I noticed was that they wanted to be fed at nightfall, whatever the clock said. There is probably a list of similar things human being are affected by, too, and which, if we take notice of might make living in the world a bit smoother.

Labels: Introduction to Time Travel