Lindsey Pritchett - Time

In class last Wednesday, we discussed very briefly the idea of time. Dr. Redick said there was a period of time in his life when he rejected time completely, losing track of what specific day and hour it was. This was in response to a student's presentation on Walter Ong where it was said time and place was rarely recorded in past eras. This would indicate that previous generations of people did not need a reference point for their works, their days, or even their lives.
Indigenous people regard time in an entirely different way. They have sacred time and "dream time." They do not have the modern convention of chronological time.
I think the human philosophy of time shapes the way cultures think. For example, Indigenous people have deeply spiritual lives where they are involved with everything around them, from the earth to the sky and the people they share their lives with. People abiding by chronological time live fast paced lives where they are mostly separated from one another. We live according to efficiency of time rather than having quality time with others. "Sacred time" or Kairos is rarely encountered in a chronological mindset.
This section also made me wonder just how significant is time? We can tell the time of day by determining the location of the sun in the sky. Why is it important for us to rely on digital numbers and ticking hands to tell us what time of day it is?