Time zones are out of joint
Clock times and social times conflict across much of Europe. Timekeeping is a deeply political matter, and João Lipinsky Nunes of Better Times takes issue with them.
Could more flexible time policies and reallocation of time zones increase our social well-being? According to João Lipinsky, the artificiality of our 24 time zones is messing with our social function as sleep remains at the core of time zones’ problematic nature. In this episode of Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast, Lipinsky, founder of the organization Better Times talks with editor-in-chief Reka Kinga Papp about sleep, light and the politics behind time zones.
This conversation accompanies our talk show episode on timekeeping from our Standard Time production, that you can watch here:
Time – we’re all running out of it. Most of Europe’s time zones are still tuned to Hitler’s clock and it stumbles circadian rythyms. Time is a very judgmental area already, even before throwing policies into the mix.
Published 12 September 2024
Original in English
First published by Eurozine
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Time – we’re all running out of it. Most of Europe’s time zones are still tuned to Hitler’s clock and it stumbles circadian rythyms. Time is a very judgmental area already, even before throwing policies into the mix.