Why time is weird in lockdown
Time is weird right now. Feilding Cage found out why:
Think back to when you were asked to stay home to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Did that period go by quickly or slowly?
Most New Yorkers, for example, were asked to stay home beginning some time in March, and many seemed to note that April flew by despite the repetitive days.
Craig Callender, a professor of philosophy at the University of California San Diego, explains that we’re making this judgment based on an event recalled from our longer term memory.
“If you think of every salient event as ticks of the clock, there weren’t that many ticks in April so it feels like time went by really fast,” he said.
The full piece has a five simple tests to illustrate how people perceive time. Worth a throw if you’ve found yourself baffled by how slippery the days and hours have seemed lately.
via Laura Olin’s lovely newsletter.
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