OverClocked

Cartoon characters aside, this clock symbolizes yet another perspective that is only human: time. As everything moves through time, it is true that humans do not have control over what happens. However, only people have gone to the extent of measuring time, allowing for an evolution in efficiency.

Now, measured time has become so entwined in the lives of humans, however, that they no longer see it as a separate concept. Each day can now have a plan so detailed, it is set to every little swing of the clock's hands. Unlike the animals in nature, the lives of humans have time as an additional pressure. Though, for animals, risks often involve life and death, they can move at their own pace. Humans live by the clock, and from this, there arises the idea that something has to be done by a certain time. The laundry has to be done by this time on this day, so that one can finish homework by some time on the next day. Here, we can see how the concept of stress, in the modern definition (typically due to having too much work), becomes a problem for humans, while it is almost nonexistent for anything else.