The Shape of “Computime”: How Silicon Valley Time is Becoming Everyone’s Time “计算时间”的形塑：硅谷时间何以重构全球时间秩序？

Abstract 摘要

This article presents findings from ethnographic fieldwork in Silicon Valley investigating how computers utilize time and how human engineers and designers use and understand time. We found common themes across computational and human uses of time, including the quantification and calculation of time as a finite resource; the imbalance of clock time versus “event time” and linear versus cyclical time; the perception and reality of the acceleration and fragmentation of time; and an approach to programmability, which is applied to time, people, and the world as a whole. We show how these cultural assumptions become embedded into digital devices.

本文介绍了硅谷人种学实地考察的结果，调查了计算机如何运用时间，以及人类工程师和设计师如何使用并理解时间概念。我们发现，计算系统和人类对于时间使用存在共同主题本文介绍了硅谷人种学实地考察的结果，调查了计算机如何运用时间，以及人类工程师和设计师如何使用并理解时间概念。我们发现，计算系统和人类对于时间使用存在共同主题，包括将时间作为有限资源的量化和计算；时钟时间与“事件时间”以及线性时间与周期时间之间的不平衡；对时间加速和碎片化的感知和现实；以及一种应用于时间管理、人类和整个世界的可编程性方法。研究展示了这些文化假设是如何嵌入数字设备的。