This acceptance of the primacy of nature in marking the hours of our days is also present still in civil contexts in the form of daylight saving. The practice of shifting the clock backwards and forwards one hour is maintained in most of the northern hemisphere, and though it’s decried by many as an outdated concession to older methods of work, it’s a reminder that the world doesn’t always run on human time. Measurement may be the tool by which we impose structure on reality, but it still requires accommodation and concession in some domains.
