Where would we be without time-space?

Have you ever stopped to think what life would be like without the ability to know the precise time of day? What would you do if you didn’t know the exact hour and minute? What would you do without a clock?

In a fast-paced society, efficiency is key to productivity and therefore success. Without the accomplishment of several tasks throughout the course of a day, one cannot compete in the world.

What would you do if you could not organize your day by the hour? How would you get to class on time? How would you prove to professors, graduate schools or potential employers that you can handle multiple responsibilities? These activities would not be possible. There would be little opportunity for the arrangement of shared experiences...little opportunity for time-space.

Life is based on time. Success is based on the ability to manage one’s time wisely. Without the ability to regulate activities and the duration of time necessary to complete them, there is no upward social mobility, because there is no ability to complete tasks that lead to larger achievements. Everything occurs on a schedule.

Thus, it is not just the invention of time that has proved so vital to a functional society. It is German locksmith Peter Henlein's invention of the portable clock ....the most important innovation of the 16th century. While this device might not be appropriate today, the notion of a portable time-telling device that came with it is. The "clock watch," as some call it, gave rise to the wrist watch – like those of Patik Phillipe developed in the late 19^th century. It was not so much the production of a piece of technology that was monumental, but the notion of a portable time-telling device that gave rise to the clocks on your wrist and eventually digital clocks your computer, your cell phone…even your iPod.

Modern society functions via the interconnection of corporate bureaucracies across the globe through time-space – allowing for the delegation of tasks to be completed in a given amount of time. Such, globalization would not be possible if it weren’t for the ability to catch a flight scheduled to leave from JFK at 10:56 AM or for a conference call to take place at precisely 2:30 PM. The organization of everyday life as we know it, would not be possible without the invention of the portable clock.