Interesting read- I have, in the past, spent time (there's that word again) studying deeper space and time dilation and theory. I remember one topic poised the question of how we would handle time on Mars if we that were to happen. It seems to me the quickest answer I have right now (pre-coffee buzz) is that feel more like a way of maintaining control of how we live our lives. Sure, in a phantasy world people could live their lives naturally moment to moment while out feeling the ever-present tick tick tick of the clock telling them to do this now and that then because that's when everybody else is doing it. synchronized living in a way.