Coronavirus: how the pandemic has changed our perception of time

covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic, time, capitalism, perception, crisis, 2020

Because the corona crisis has allowed us to experience a very different time, it will be interesting to see whether parts of this new normality, such as home offices and reduced mobility, will remain. But even if it is just an involuntary pause from capitalist times, we should reconsider neoliberalism’s temporal regimes of growth, decline and acceleration that have shaped life on Earth. Our experiences of corona time has given us a training in temporal thought and flexibility. Humanity will weather this crisis, but there are others ahead. Perhaps then, it will be comforting to know that we can, and must, trick time and plan for the future – even when we feel stuck in the present.

via https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-how-the-pandemic-has-changed-our-perception-of-time–139240