Circadian is the 24-hour rhythm most of modern life is built around: sleep, wake, work, repeat.
Circannual is the yearly rhythm we live inside just as surely: the slow shift of light, seasons, energy, and mood across the year
Most of modern life is organized around circadian time—the day—while ignoring an equally real biological scale: the circannual rhythm—the year. Circannular wasn't even in my spellcheck dictionary! It's probably not in yours either...
Throughout 2025, I've noticed a trend in articles by The Times, Noema, and The New York Times of attempting to define the era we live in to better understand its contours, meaning, and consequences. You are reading this on the...
Hello, I created this report because rebellion doesn’t only look like protests, manifestos, or smashed machines. Sometimes it looks like something much quieter: refusing to accept the version of time we’ve been handed. The way we measure and obey time...