Hello.
Interesting concept, time. Right now at the same moment I am typing this blog around the world there are others doing exactly the same thing. Yet, never in the same way. They are influenced by their environment, their country, their mores and codes of conduct. Each one being different for each place. While in this place it is perhaps noon, in Ireland it is six o’clock in the evening, a little farther on it might well be a different day. The result of this uneven time structure is that while people may be engaged in similar activities it is never in the same exact way.
Conversely, one of the most important commodities we have is time. Most of what we pay for in services is not for the service but for the time it takes to complete that service. Many employees are paid by the hour. They are paid for their time, not their skill. While time is not something you can touch feel or weigh on a physical scale it is something we all chase after. We judge people not by the true level of skill they have but by how long they have been engaged in a particular task or career. To say that someone has been doing a particular job for forty years is an abstract way of implying they are good at what they do.In a global world, time is the one thing nobody has enough of. We all want more.
In that same vein, time is money. It is said that there are two things that one can never have enough of time and money. Money as a concept interests me in the same way that time does. Money represents an exchange. It is represented by paper or metal. Occasionally by nothing more that the click of keys on a keyboard. It is abstract in the same way that time is. People don’t lie, cheat and steal for time. They don’t kill and rob for time. One never hears of a time crime. Yet, there is nothing a human won’t do for the right amount of money. And that is the crux, the simple theme that all con men know about humans. Everyone has a price. And knowing that price is what makes this world turn. The movers and shakers, the money men, the slick suited con men of every nation have earned their place by instinctively knowing how much money it takes. Sometimes the price isn’t money itself but the result of money.
That said, this is my attempt at an introduction to my blog. I find that as time flies by more and more the principle concern in the media and those around me is the on concept I have the most trouble with: Money. All eyes seem to be following that money trail. Who has it, who doesn’t and if you don’t, why not? Is there something wrong with you? The status quo is only as important as your bank account.
Since this seems to be the focus of our society, I want to track it. Who has it and what are they doing with it. How does it influence what you and I, the ordinary people are allowed to do or not to do? How are those without money treated and viewed? If you are one of the wealthy how much power does that give you over others? For me it’s about the social, political and religious, yes religious, aspect of money.
I am not a journalist. Just a curious and opinionated person with a computer. So, welcome to The Doghouse where I will be biting and snapping my way to a better understanding of why something with no physical substance is often more important than actual human life.
I’ve got plenty of time.
Dogwoman
