Human Ingenuity

We got a 54 page guide about this personal project. The definition on Human Ingenuity they gave was:

"Human Ingenuity is about the impact of the human mind on our world.
We work, play, create relationships, cause problems and then think of the ways to solve them again. We shape the world to the way we want it and reflect upon the consequences of our actions.
It's not only about us as individuals, but also the impact of our collective actions. HI can both small and simple or large and complex. HI can both good for us and bad for us.

This is why the two key questions for Human Ingenuity are:
Why and how do we create?
What are the consequences?"

The whole definition and more about Human Ingenuity you can read in the Appendices.

So if we would relate this definition to my project you can see clear resembalance. Clocks and is a very big and brought topic to talk about, so there are many different way on how we can go about answering these questions. But if we first take a look at the (opsomming) they gave us in the difinition about what HI effects how we:
Work
Play
Create Relationships
Cause Problem
Think of Ways to Solve them Again.

And obviously the invention of time has changed this definity, but what's so hard about talking how the Mechanical Clock has changed the way we live is that clocks did exsist

Different people have different opinions on how the clock has effected these points, but because I can't go around to every single person on the world and ask their opinion I narrowed it down to just my opinion, it still is my project.

How we live changed when we invented the Mechanical clock. The idea of the Mechanical Clock was used in the 1300s, but was very inaccurate. The pendulum was invented in 1581, and used in clocks a century later. So if you do the math,
1581 + 100 =  1681.
2012 - 1681 = 331
So only around 331 years ago a proper working, accurate mechanical clock was used. When this era was present, there were huge differences in the way we worked, played, create, cause and solve things. This was the first time reading object that was not only accurate, but also didn't need adjustments every hour. Candles finishes, and could be blown out. Water timers needed fresh water, and were very hard to read. The mechanical clocks were easy to read, and only needed someone to adjust the weights every so often. People worked and work better when the clock was invented. We show up on time, and leave when the clock stikes 6. We could/can record how much time we put into something, and make appointments without people showing up hours too late or too early, although 300 years ago they probably didn't have appointments and offices yet.