Social synchronization needs generate waiting times and time pressure in differentiated societies

Evidence

We constantly have to orient our action toward the complementary activities and time patterns of our interaction partners and secure at least temporary synchronization. In functionally differentiated societies, this unavoidably leads to a large amount of shorter or longer waiting times, on the one hand, and to correlative phenomena of time pressure, on the other. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 96

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Functional differentiation drives desynchronization between societal systems’ time structures. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 200; Control of time enables coordination of activity and social control — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 848; Metropolitan complexity forces exact punctuality to prevent social collapse — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 751

Broader Connections

• Metropolitan complexity forces exact punctuality to prevent social collapse #expands (0.78) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 751
• Control of time enables coordination of activity and social control #qualifies (0.72) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 848