Time and place have fallen apart.
Howard Mansfield says that time and place began to fall apart, as time zones were introduced 1892 severing clock time from solar time. The gap between time and place has been growing since then. By 1953 computer scientists were using the term “real time” to distinguish between their clock time and the different time that existed in the processes of the machines they were building.
Place and time continue to move further apart. Digital media are literally placeless. In higher education, it is possible to access the sound and image of the best presentations on any subject at any moment. Place means less. We can pause or “rewind” at will, thus manipulating time without regard for place. Continue reading