Killing Time Erich Fromm
Modern man thinks he loses something — time — when he does not do things quickly, yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains except to kill it. | Erich Fromm Continue reading Killing Time Erich Fromm
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Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events (or the intervals between them), and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the conscious experience. Time is often referred to as a fourth dimension, along with three spatial dimensions.
Time is one of the seven fundamental physical quantities in both the International System of Units (SI) and International System of Quantities. The SI base unit of time is the second, which is defined by measuring the electronic transition frequency of caesium atoms. General relativity is the primary framework for understanding how spacetime works. Through advances in both theoretical and experimental investigations of spacetime, it has been shown that time can be distorted and dilated, particularly at the edges of black holes.
Throughout history, time has been an important subject of study in religion, philosophy, and science. Temporal measurement has occupied scientists and technologists, and has been a prime motivation in navigation and astronomy. Time is also of significant social importance, having economic value ("time is money") as well as personal value, due to an awareness of the limited time in each day ("carpe diem") and in human life spans.
Credit: Wikipedia - timeModern man thinks he loses something — time — when he does not do things quickly, yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains except to kill it. | Erich Fromm Continue reading Killing Time Erich Fromm
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Let’s Have More Interesting Conversations Organizational Conversation ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close One reason people often give for not taking a more conversational approach to their work is the lack of time. Many even see … Continue reading Conversation Sharpens the Saw It is not a waste of time