"Time has a hold on us, there is no escaping it. Sometimes it can seem to govern
our lives: we're pressed for it; we don't have any; it's running out. We need to
be on time and in time. At other 'times' we can find we have got time on our
hands -- or better, the ease of having all the time in the world. It is such a
vital aspect of our lives that telling the time is one of the first skills we
teach our children. However, after the early years of primary school, and
despite its ever-presence and undoubted significance, time disappears from the
curriculum."
In this thoughtful essay, Richard Gault explores the difference between clock
time, and the Greek notion of 'kairos', or 'knowing the right moment,' and
surfaces ways in which technology has radically altered our relationship to
time.
