What is Time?

Observe how the seconds tick on this clock below. Rather than the Second hand rotating 6 degrees per second, it rotates 18 degrees. The hand moves 3 times faster. Instead of the seconds being modular 1, its modular 3. Clocks are the most familiar form of Modular Math. Cryptocurrency and Blockchain are other examples of a modern technology using different expressions of modular math.

Also observe how the 24 hours of the day are arranged. The hour hand rotates at exactly the same speed as a normal Clock, however the hours are arranged at the bottom instead of the top, at the left instead of the right. Time is approximately 21:50 on this clock. Reprogram you way of thinking about time and meditate on this graphic like a mandala.

We can break a day into 36 segments where each hour represents 40 minutes rather than 60 minutes. Both are the same amount of time in a day, merely different ways of expressing it.

We can break a day into 18 segments where each hour represents 80 minutes rather than 60 minutes.

We can break a day into 16 segments where each hour represents 90 minutes rather than 60 minutes.

Here is an example of mod1 verse mod2. We are familiar only with mod2 for keeping track of the 24 hour day. The 12 hour clock. The number twelve has dogma and superstition associated with it. Religious people are superstitious about advancing time keeping past the number 12 or 7.

We can break a day into mod 4 using an 9 segment clock where each hour represents 40 minutes rather than 60 minutes.

Mod 3 using an 8 hour clock instead of 12. The hour hand moves faster but the amount of time is the same.

What's the best form to display #time? A 12 hour clock is mod 2, meaning it turns twice before completing its cycle. Here are examples of spiral clocks. The first example breaks the second into modular 3. Three turns of twenty instead of one turn of sixty. We are conditioned to make the second hand turn once every 60 seconds but we can just as easily build a clock where it turns 3 times per 60 seconds. The second hand rotates 3 times the distance per second, 18 degrees instead of 6 degrees. The other illustrations show 24 spiral clocks. When we represent a 24 hour clock as a spiral, we can see it's much easier to correlate between AM and PM and military time.

Time can never be truly wasted. Time is always usefully used. It's never too late, you're never too old, so start something new.