Timeless

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The most insidious trap that humanity submits itself to is that of time.

Alarm clocks.

Meeting reminders.

The historical reasons for society keeping time down to the minute make sense to me -- for trains to run on time.

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I myself can't stand thinking of time in anything less than week-long chunks. I deal with days because I am forced to sleep, but it pains me.

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Project planning that cares too much about the hour-by-hour breakdowns of people's days is insane, not to mention meddling and tyrannical.

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Night is difficult to end knowing that the next time I see the time it will be to ensure I arrive at work before some meeting.

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