People who prefer slowness in their lives argue that we're all slaves of the clock. Those who can't live without the constant rush of adrenaline argue that this is grossly exaggerated. However, the concept of being a slave of the clock has a history most of us may not at all be aware of. There are three aspects to it (I will do this only briefly here, more details in my actual thesis):
1) Christianity was the first religion that was focused heavily on doing religious services at the 'correct time'. This was initially indicated by sun clocks . . .
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