EPISODE · Aug 26, 2025 · 36 MIN
Time Zones and Power Zones — Standardizing Time as a Political Tool
from Watches and Politics · host Edi Shipoli
Time isn’t just measured—it’s controlled.In Episode 9, we trace how time zones, daylight saving, and atomic clocks have been shaped by politics, empire, and power plays.From the 1884 International Meridian Conference to China’s single time zone, from colonial “railway time” to the Cold War race for atomic precision—we uncover how controlling the clock has always meant controlling people.This is the story of time as infrastructure, time as identity, and time as power.
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Time isn’t just measured—it’s controlled.In Episode 9, we trace how time zones, daylight saving, and atomic clocks have been shaped by politics, empire, and power plays.From the 1884 International Meridian Conference to China’s single time zone, from colonial “railway time” to the Cold War race for atomic precision—we uncover how controlling the clock has always meant controlling people.This is the story of time as infrastructure, time as identity, and time as power.
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