IMO, we need STUFF. Natural time is marked by external stuff, like sun,
moon, tides, etc;
in 1931 there was a push to take calendrical control from the Vatican and
re-establish natural
units for months (see http://www.tortuga.com/eng/get_started/tutorial/2.phpand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_reform )...
This type of calendar, a 28 day-calendar, was actively supported by the
*International
Chamber of Commerce *in 1931. The calendar change was supported by people
such as *Eastman Kodak *and *Mahatma Gandhi*.
Seriously, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon#The_lunar_monthand
13 moonths would be useful if we weren't stuck on quartering the year.
For contrasting views with all their assumptions, see
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/05/29/time.money/ and
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north305.html ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
As for higher granularities of time, well, we need those to keep up with
smaller stuff; re: Moore's law and such. Just my 2π :)
Ben
On 12/20/06, Neil Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mike Miller wrote,
>IMHO time is flawed and tracking time is also a waste of time. Why do
>I say this you may ask yourself. I say this because time is a human
>invention. Humans only care about time because they invented it to
>make there lives miserable.
On the contrary, we NEED time. Without time, everything would happen all
at once.
- Neil Parker
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