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When Time Stretched: The Magic of Proportional Hours
Imagine a world where an hour in the summer is twenty minutes longer than an hour in the winter. This episode dives into the fascinating history of "proportional hours," exploring how ancient civilizations in the Levant coordinated their lives using the sun, shadows, and water. We examine the ingenious tools of the past—from spherical sundials to calibrated water clocks—and discuss how a flexible, nature-based approach to time created a more communal and human-centric rhythm of life. Discover why the rigid, mechanical grid we live in today is a relatively new invention and what we lost when…
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