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Time Is a Human Construct | Raleigh News
Time isn’t just ticking—it’s a human invention shaped by power, politics, and profit. From ancient sun-worship to factory clocks and daylight saving time, our obsession with measuring moments reveals how deeply time controls our lives—and how we’ve weaponized it. The Gregorian calendar? A global standard born of empire. Time zones? Created for railroads. Even the Prime Meridian runs through Greenwich because Britain ruled the waves. And yes, daylight saving time is back in the spotlight—this time, lawmakers want to make it permanent, but history says that’s easier said than done. Time isn’t…
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