Many of the earliest time technologies were used to mark sacred time—time set apart for the divine. But with the Industrial Revolution, efficient time use became its own sacred value. We now live in the age of capitalist time, where time is money and must be spent as productively as possible. As we struggle with a global pandemic, it’s time to rethink what we hold sacred.

Guests

• Ahmed Ragab, Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.

• Mary Gray, Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and Faculty Associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.