| dc.description.abstract | The emergence of a cyberconnected Global Village demonstrates the need
for a universal time for global events. A professor at the Indian Institute of Management
in Ahmedabad argues that we need to delink the measurement of time from geography.
s.gif (1246 bytes)tarting with a review of the Concept of Time in Philosophy, Physics, Biology
and Psychology, the paper argues that the availability of Cyber-connectivity and the emergence of
the Global Village have highlighted the need for a universal time frame for global events. It
additionally argues that the need extends beyond a universal time and encompasses the issues of
date and calendar. It further argues that introducing this change may require de-linking of the time
measurement from the geo-link and may also raise doubts about the assumed time-space
singularity. The paper suggests that the representatives of the world arrive at an agreement to
introduce a new epoch that gives a single precise portrayal of the global events. This is essential,
as the global events have moved beyond the scientific domain and come in to the social and legal
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