Amerikali akademisyen, mimar ve populer yazar Norton Juster’in dogum gunu (2 Haziran 1929)
“Bir zamanlar, zaman denilen sey yoktu,insanlar bu durumdan hic hosnut degillerdi tabi.Yedikleri ogunun gole yemegi mi aksam yemegi mi oldugunu bilmiyorlar,butun trenleri kaciriyorlardi.Gunluk hayatu takip edebilsinler, olmalari gereken yerde vaktinde olabilsinler diye yaratildi zaman.Ellerindeki zamani saymaya baslayip da bir dakikanin 60 saniyeden , bir saatin 60 dakikadan , bir yilin ise 365 gunden oldugunu kesfedince , kullanabileceklerinden cok daha fazlasina sahip olduklarini anladilar. Sonunda da bu kadar fazla olan bir seyin o kadarda degerli olmayacagi sonucuna vardilar, boylece zaman giderek itibarini yitirdi.Insanlar onu savurganca kullanmaya,hatta bosa harcamaya basladilar.” Hayalet Gise
“Once there was no time at all, and people found it very inconvenient. They never knew whether they were eating lunch or dinner, and they were always missing trains. So time was invented to help them keep track of the day and get places when they should. When they began to count all the time that was available, what with 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year, it seemed as if there was much more than could ever be used. ‘If there’s so much of it, it couldn’t be very valuable,’ was the general opinion, and it soon fell into disrepute. People wasted it and even gave it away.”


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