Skip to content
TrackPodcasts
technologyAug 28, 201933:11pending

S2E9: A Brief History Of Timekeeping

About this episode

The first mechanical clocks were made to summon monks to prayer. Ever since, timekeeping technology has often been about control and obligation. But underneath a mountain in Texas, a new kind of clock is being built that’s meant to alter the way we think about time. Can it force us to connect our distant past with our distant future, tick by tick?


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get every episode summarized

Each time Slate Technology publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.

Email me new episodes

Free for 3 shows. No card needed.

Hosts & guests

No transcript yet

This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.

S2E9: A Brief History Of Timekeeping

Slate Technology

0:00
33:11

More episodes

More from Slate Technology

View all episodes →