How Modernity Transformed Both the Organization and Everyday Experience of Time?

Modernity has largely shaped the way in which time is organized, and also the way in which we experience it. Time is something which in modernity is central to our everyday lives and the way in which we organize them. Modernity has led to time having a much more rigid organization, and the standardization of time have meant that time and the way in which it is organized can be seen influencing all aspects of our everyday lives. Also, modern capitalism has led to a larger need for a more organized idea of time. Time as a commodity is an idea which mainly stems from modern capitalism, and has certainly impacted the way in which we organize time. Those whom are at the head of capitalist society need a more organized view of time in order to have a better and more efficient labor force; in order to buy peoples time modernity needed a more organized view of it. This idea has largely impacted the effect of time on our everyday lives, time as a commodity has meant that we structure much of our lives around time, and the idea that we need to give up our time in order to survive. Time becomes something very valuable under modernity, and this changes our everyday experiences of it. Everything we do is structured around ideas of time, from when we wake up, when we go to work and when we go to sleep, time is one of the most important factors in structuring everyday life. Within capitalism the idea of time is emphasized as something of importance, and this leads into a whole industry of trying to reverse time, and trying to make the most of it, modern capitalism buys and sells time to us, two things which in modernity largely shape the organization of time and our everyday experience of it.

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