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What would life look like without clocks?

Most people live a life compartmentalized by time. A life, down to a science. In my opinion, this is not the natural state of humans. The way I see things, if the alarm had never been invented, our bodies wouldn't need coffee. We would wake when our bodies were fully charged. The very thing that most of us have grown to hate, we created ourselves. So, think about life without a snooze button.

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i think that life would be better without the clock because we wouldnt have to be EXACTLY on time every were we go.

I think it would be harder to live because ........
-you would not know when to meet someone when needed
-you wouldn't know when to go somewhere and not to go
-but you would have to look at the sun to know the time

A scientist in the 60s actually did an experiment about this. His name is Michel Siffre and he was an epic mad scientist type of guy. Here is a video blogger explaining his experiment better than I could: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VQSmTRjHRg

Basically, humans go into a 48 hour day cycle instead of a 24 hour day cycle in the absence of time or sunlight. However, this result has yet to be performed with success in normal life. :)

I think that life without clocks would be healthier. Because people wouldn't look at the time to see when they should eat, they would just eat when they were hungry . I think people would worry less...because they couldn't know what time it was so they wouldn't be worried about being late to appointments and other stuff. Hmmm, tough question . I think time would fly by faster. People wouldn't be staring at the clock waiting for the time to pass if they weren't doing anything; they'd just go on with their day, as the time passed .

Serenity (at least more of it) health (we would eat when hungry, sleep when tired) Community (working in a flow, rather than bumping everyone else outta the way)

Time would fly.

Since the world is largely time based, it's pretty hard to predict what life would be like. I think life would slow way down. Things would happen more on a whim because there isn't anything to tell you, "It's time to do _____."

A world without time would to me be a life without boundaries and limitations, a world full of people who generally got "time' on their hands to spare. People would go around doing things they genuinely want to do at any "time" they want to do it giving more people the opportunity to choose what they really want when they want. The world would be less restricted and more open to whatever that comes giving individuals more "time" and space to be more creative, more sure, more peaceful and happier to do any task at hand.

Years ago I bought a 24-hour clock and painted the face to represent the times of day and night; there are no hours on the clock face. The bottom half of the clock shows a night sky with stars and the moon. Midway up the left side I have sunrise, and opposite is sunset. The top half shows times of day - breakfast, play time, lunch, nap time, dinner.

Oh that would be delicious! Seriously. Wouldn't that be just great. We would follow the rhythm of the day, the season, nature.

Life would look not longer or shorter, but more full.

it would simply look like night and day over and over again

A time before trains.

without clocks we would be more free to use our emotional clocks. We would not be able to say we do not have time to help, to create , to be giving, to ask or answer questions.
without clocks we would not be able to say we are too early or to late, we simply would BE

Very interesting question. As you say, we have created the divisions of time that we stick to daily; clocks and schedules are so important to our lives that it is difficult to imagine a world without these things. I would love to experience a week or a month or a year 'off clock', I imagine that what needs to be done would be done anyway, but in a very different fashion to now. A proper 24 hour society might emerge, where quality is prized over quantity and work happens when it happens. We are at our most productive when we actually 'want' to do a task after all.

We all would be free at last.........

breathing

Computers run off internal clocks. Carefully measured time is necessary for technological advancement. And clocks go well back into human history. Without them we'd still be riding around in chariots.

"The way I see things, if the alarm had never been invented, our bodies wouldn't need coffee."
People were drinking coffee long before the advent of alarm clocks.
and I don't even own an alarm clock.
people used to actually get up and go to work without clocks at all.

i only work a few hours a day if i'm lucky. only times i need are the time i know i have to go to work...then it's pretty much whatever. my phone is the only "clock" i use really and it doesn't work half the time. it's quite nice.

I think of it being like the end of the world, well, not the world but our society at least. Everything is based off of time, evolution, airline flights, just time it self would completely deplete and defragment time and space.

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The work ethic that springs from Calvinistic and other ideas from religion has prompted the clock rigidity you talk about..

In some cultures people do not stick so rigidly to time for work ... But given that we tend to want to work, it is not hard to stick to a discipline of cycadian rhythms that means we cope well with our 25 hour body clock, yes, 25 hours is our natural rhythm

I manage on one cup of coffee a day for pleasure each morning. Bet I am no sleepier than those who think they need much more just to stay awake.

Interesting question. However, I think you're wrong about our bodies needing certain things at certain times only if there is a clock. If we get used to a certain thing that started at a certain time, we will become habitual and continue to do that thing around the same time even without a clock. Coffee is addictive even if time isn't labeled.

I'm retired and wake up when I feel like it. If there were no clocks, the position of the sun and my stomach would tell me what time it is.

What would life look like without clocks?

i think that life would be better without the clock because we wouldnt have to be EXACTLY on time every were we go.

I think it would be harder to live because ........-you would not know when to meet someone when needed -you wouldn't know when to go somewhere and not to go-but you would have to look at the sun to know the time

Serenity (at least more of it) health (we would eat when hungry, sleep when tired) Community (working in a flow, rather than bumping everyone else outta the way)

Time would fly.

Since the world is largely time based, it's pretty hard to predict what life would be like. I think life would slow way down. Things would happen more on a whim because there isn't anything to tell you, "It's time to do _____."

Oh that would be delicious! Seriously. Wouldn't that be just great. We would follow the rhythm of the day, the season, nature.

Life would look not longer or shorter, but more full.

it would simply look like night and day over and over again

A time before trains.

without clocks we would be more free to use our emotional clocks. We would not be able to say we do not have time to help, to create , to be giving, to ask or answer questions.without clocks we would not be able to say we are too early or to late, we simply would BE

We all would be free at last.........

breathing

Computers run off internal clocks. Carefully measured time is necessary for technological advancement. And clocks go well back into human history. Without them we'd still be riding around in chariots.

"The way I see things, if the alarm had never been invented, our bodies wouldn't need coffee."People were drinking coffee long before the advent of alarm clocks. and I don't even own an alarm clock. people used to actually get up and go to work without clocks at all.

i only work a few hours a day if i'm lucky. only times i need are the time i know i have to go to work...then it's pretty much whatever. my phone is the only "clock" i use really and it doesn't work half the time. it's quite nice.

I think of it being like the end of the world, well, not the world but our society at least. Everything is based off of time, evolution, airline flights, just time it self would completely deplete and defragment time and space.

CHAOS

I'm retired and wake up when I feel like it. If there were no clocks, the position of the sun and my stomach would tell me what time it is.

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I think it would be harder to live because ........
-you would not know when to meet someone when needed
-you wouldn't know when to go somewhere and not to go
-but you would have to look at the sun to know the time

without clocks we would be more free to use our emotional clocks. We would not be able to say we do not have time to help, to create , to be giving, to ask or answer questions.
without clocks we would not be able to say we are too early or to late, we simply would BE

"The way I see things, if the alarm had never been invented, our bodies wouldn't need coffee."
People were drinking coffee long before the advent of alarm clocks.
and I don't even own an alarm clock.
people used to actually get up and go to work without clocks at all.