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Rick Gaehl

@pluralistic
It all starts with what I call "the tyranny of the school bell" - and then it never lets up till you retire or die (whichever comes first).

@RickGaehl @pluralistic
And in colonized territories, it started with the missionary's bell.

Clocks and bells were a critical part of bending people's lives to clock time (as opposed to natural time)

@unikitty @pluralistic
Yup - first they used it to erase local differences and natural rhythms in England, and then they exported all the colonising tricks they'd developed here to the wider world. 🙄

@woven
Cool! Would love to hear your thoughts.

I found it through The Juice's Rap News which is funny and IMO spot-on in its analysis (and only a little corny - in an endearing way). Apparently one of the main duo originally wrote it as his PhD thesis!

@unikitty 🤩 I love that! I got sent it as part of grounding a group discussion/meeting - I had no idea he also did the satire stuff.

So far have only read the introduction. It is a readable, thought-provoking PhD thesis manuscript. And now looking forward to supplementing it with some dives into The Juice’s Rap News.🤗