worldhistory , 
Even in ancient Rome, people hated being ruled by timekeeping devices. Plautus wrote:
Confound him... Who in this place set up a sundial
To cut and hack my days so wretchedly!
Take a look at the devices that have chopped up our lives for millennia:
#history @histodons
https://open.substack.com/pub/worldhistory/p/to-cut-and-hack-my-days