▲ 270 ▼ Never underestimate the human capacity for screwing others over (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (5 children) Was this the impetus for the town clock? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.earth 25 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Clock towers are way older than the industrial revolution and also occurred in quite a few different societies, so probably not as a general rule. There are a couple in England and France (Salisbury and Beauvais cathedrals) that are 700 years old, and if you include non-mechanical-clock timekeeping devices like sundials and water clocks then you can go back even further. I could imagine that it's quite possible that there was at least one instance where this was caught and people arranged for some kind of separate public clock, though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago To add, I believe that town clocks probably also played a continuation of the church bells used to communicate the time to the village/town. One of the main reasons Church bells and clock bells were so loud was to communicate to the area the current time. permalink fedilink source parent [–] potatoguy@potato-guy.space 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Control. Cool youtube video describing capitalists controlling clocks to make laborers work for longer hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I've finally came around to watching it and, oh boy, it is not good :-/ From the beginnig that are loaded statements about stone age people and their working habbits. I suggest reading Lars Svenden's "Work". I don't think it mentions clocks, but goes into the details of how work and worker rights have evolved from anciemt times. A short, 100-ish page book that gives you all the neccessary basics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] potatoguy@potato-guy.space 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the recommendation, just downloaded it and I'm going to read it at work hahahaha. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skua@kbin.earth 25 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Clock towers are way older than the industrial revolution and also occurred in quite a few different societies, so probably not as a general rule. There are a couple in England and France (Salisbury and Beauvais cathedrals) that are 700 years old, and if you include non-mechanical-clock timekeeping devices like sundials and water clocks then you can go back even further. I could imagine that it's quite possible that there was at least one instance where this was caught and people arranged for some kind of separate public clock, though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago To add, I believe that town clocks probably also played a continuation of the church bells used to communicate the time to the village/town. One of the main reasons Church bells and clock bells were so loud was to communicate to the area the current time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago To add, I believe that town clocks probably also played a continuation of the church bells used to communicate the time to the village/town. One of the main reasons Church bells and clock bells were so loud was to communicate to the area the current time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] potatoguy@potato-guy.space 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Control. Cool youtube video describing capitalists controlling clocks to make laborers work for longer hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I've finally came around to watching it and, oh boy, it is not good :-/ From the beginnig that are loaded statements about stone age people and their working habbits. I suggest reading Lars Svenden's "Work". I don't think it mentions clocks, but goes into the details of how work and worker rights have evolved from anciemt times. A short, 100-ish page book that gives you all the neccessary basics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] potatoguy@potato-guy.space 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the recommendation, just downloaded it and I'm going to read it at work hahahaha. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I've finally came around to watching it and, oh boy, it is not good :-/ From the beginnig that are loaded statements about stone age people and their working habbits. I suggest reading Lars Svenden's "Work". I don't think it mentions clocks, but goes into the details of how work and worker rights have evolved from anciemt times. A short, 100-ish page book that gives you all the neccessary basics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] potatoguy@potato-guy.space 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the recommendation, just downloaded it and I'm going to read it at work hahahaha. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] potatoguy@potato-guy.space 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the recommendation, just downloaded it and I'm going to read it at work hahahaha. permalink fedilink source parent
