Love a clock?

Can you love a clock?

I recently bought a wall clock that corrects itself to the atomic clock in Colorado via radio.

It is not the technology that impresses me.  It is the synchronization of vast numbers of clocks.  This is a technology that truly aligns the lives of many people.

The first clocks were public to bring parishioners to church and workers to work at roughly the same time in urban areas.  By the time trade and commerce had created a new class of business people, private clocks had become common.

Clocks allowed people of equal rank to meet. In an hierarchical society the higher ranking person came to a meeting when they felt like it, and the lower ranking person just waited.

A synchronized clock, represents for me, the social equality of all Americans. Most phones have synchronize clocks.