Of course not all of it. But the people in the Traffic jam? Irritated because they’re going to be late or because they’re spending too much time standing still. Sad because the weekend is over? That’s because time made it go away. Do you feel you’re not enjoying life and time is slipping away? That’s right, time makes you feel this way. But does it also make you happy? Would you be less irritated or would you have less regret when time stood still? I don’t know.
It sounds like what you’re pointing to is when humans became a more exact time-oriented culture. This was not the case until the invention of mechanical clocks in the 13th century, and town bells began synchronizing everyone. Then pay and efficiency rose, but people began to become more dependent on the concept of “kept time” and probably less “being in the moment” or being a more people- or event-oriented culture.
The podcast episode of Hidden Brain called “The Past is Never Dead” explains this pretty well and I hadnt really thought about what humans did before clocks.
Thanks for the tip! Sounds like a good listen. Added it to my list.