10+ Best Articles on Time
The most useful articles on time from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Time Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on time by Refind users in 2023 so far.
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How to Slow Down Time
As I moved from my twenties to thirties I noticed a certain psychological miscalculation happening more often: a day that feels like it was three or four months
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Four Thousand Weeks
A tribute to the book by Oliver Burkeman, an exploration of time management in the face of human finitude, and addressing the anxiety of “getting everything done.”
Short Articles
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8 Misconceptions of Time That Make You Less Productive
How familiar are you with "time" and "time management"? This article debunks some misconceptions of time so you can better use your time.
"Time inequality" is the world's real problem, not income inequality
Inequality should be measured in terms of the time it takes for us to earn the money to buy the things we need.
«For every 1% increase in population, personal resource abundance increased by 4% and global resource abundance increased by 8%.»
Researchers say time is an illusion. So why are we all obsessed with it?
Even guardians of America's atomic clocks say time doesn't work the way we think it does.
«It's my belief that the forward passage of time is mostly a human construct," he says. "From a physics sense, it doesn't have that much value."»
Scientists Just Discovered an Entirely New Way of Measuring Time
Marking the passage of time in a world of ticking clocks and swinging pendulums is a simple case of counting the seconds between 'then' and 'now'.
It took a century to create the weekend—and only a decade to undo it
Weekends are a lie created by capitalism.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on time.
The Tyranny Of Time
The clock is a useful social tool, but it is also deeply political: It benefits some, marginalizes others and blinds us from a true understanding of our own bodies and the world around us.
«Clock time is not what most people think it is. It was created, and it is frequently altered and adjusted to fit social and political purposes.»
The Diminishing Returns of Calendar Culture
Or, The Misery of Monochronic Time
UTC is Enough for Everyone, Right?
Programming with dates, times, and timezones is hard. But here's some help.
Einstein’s Camera
How one renegade photographer is hacking the concept of time
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Time, including:
Big Think
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Noema Magazine
Exploring the transformations sweeping our world. Published by @berggruenInst. Pitch us: edit@noemamag.com
LifeHack
LifeHack helps busy people get the most out of their lives in the shortest amount of time, through actionable, step-by-step systems that multiply results.
ScienceAlert
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Quartz
Global news and insights for a new generation of business leaders. Sign up for Quartz Daily Brief 👉http://qz.com/emails/
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