Once space filled, time became the new colonial frontier

Evidence

When the ecological niche of space was filled, filled as an arena of commerce and control, attention was shifted to filling time, now defined as an aspect of space, a continuation of space in another dimension. As the spatial frontier was closed, time became the new frontier. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 860

Categorization

• SEED: The temporal-frontier thesis (sacred time then night) is a strong framing device for modern attention-economy commentary.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 860
• XREF: connects to: Instant communication technology transformed colonial rule into imperial control. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 808; Modern Western history moved from time-bias toward space-bias — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 621; Colonial commissions functioned as technologies of delay and distraction — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 182 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Colonialism occupies the individual’s psyche, not merely the territory #expands (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 222
• Colonial archival history requires spanning both actual events and officials’ imagined futures #expands (0.55)