Problem
Differing conceptions of time
Nature:
Ethnic, national and cultural traditions, often embedded in languages and in ways of looking at the world, see historical time very differently. Time budgets at various parts of the world are fundamentally different. The individual's assessment of his position with respect to society - and the world - are essentially time-related concepts; which vary greatly across the surface of the globe. These differences prejudge how people regard war and peace, life and death, good and evil. They influence the way people negotiate. They inform peoples' value judgments in all things; and many of these different views are totally incompatible. Broader Problems:
General obstacles to problem alleviationObstacles to efficient utilization of timeLack of appreciation of cultural differences Narrower Problems:
Inadequate sense of time Related Problems:
Multiplicity of time standardsLanguage as a barrier to communicationFatalistic attitudes to the use of timeConstraint of time on individual and social development Strategies:
Protecting temporal wildernessExploiting differing conceptions of timeUnderstanding differing conceptions of time Values:
Difference Subject(s):
Fundamental Sciences → FormInformatics, Classification → Classification
Culture → Culture
Consciousness → Consciousness
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
28.04.2000 – 00:00 CEST