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So... the minute hand shows progression — apparently we think of time in wildly different ways

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What it is

A Technology Connections video essay on how analog and digital clocks shape different mental models of time, with the minute hand acting as a progress indicator.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it whenever analog versus digital clocks come up, as an idea that changed how commenters think about time perception.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Technology Connections has a very good video on this, and completely changed thinking”

    Explains digital versus analog clocks and how people perceive time differently.

    operator-name, 2022-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Some things I realized about AI while contemplating slide rule prices on eBay”

  2. “I rather enjoyed the video essay Technology Connections did about the seemingly different mental models of tracking time”

    Video essay on mental models of time from analog versus digital clocks.

    saurik, 2024-08 · Recommendation · in “Designing my own watch (2020)”

  3. “Technology Connections did a really great video on this a few years ago.”

    Shows how analog versus digital upbringing shapes intuition of time passing.

    ajdude, 2026-07 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Analog Watch”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: clocks, time perception, mental models, technology connections, design

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