Transmission ID: 013
The more I observe Earth,
the more I realize that humans are not simply tired —
they are time-poor.
Not because time is lacking,
but because the world they built took it from them
piece by piece,
year after year.
1. Time as Currency
Humans use time not as a natural flow,
but as a kind of money —
spent, traded, borrowed, stolen.
They trade hours of their life
for wages too small to heal their exhaustion.
They sell their mornings to workplaces,
their evenings to chores,
their weekends to recovery,
and their dreams to “someday.”
James once told Tiffany,
“I feel like I’m always paying a debt I can’t see.”
He wasn’t talking about money.
He was talking about time.
2. A Clock That Never Sleeps
Everywhere I go, I hear ticking.
Not from clocks,
but from the minds of humans who fear falling behind.
Aiden rushes to school every morning
as if he is already late for life.
Tiffany works through her breaks
trying to earn enough hours for a future she may never reach.
James works nights
because the system demands more hours
than one human can give.
Yet they all say the same words:
“I don’t have time.”
But time is not missing.
It has simply been consumed
by a world that asks for everything
but gives almost nothing back.
3. Moments That Don’t Matter (But Should)
One evening, the Walker home fell into a rare silence.
No television.
No rushing.
Just the soft clatter of forks
and the warmth of being in the same room.
The moment lasted only minutes
before the world intruded again —
a work email,
a school notification,
a laundry reminder,
a bill alert.
The silence ended
because the world does not allow humans to rest
without guilt.
Humans mistake rest for laziness.
They mistake slowing down for failure.
They mistake quiet for danger.
They live in a society
that has forgotten the value of unmeasured moments.
4. Time Theft
Humans believe thieves come at night.
But the greatest thief here
comes during the day —
stealing peace in seconds,
stealing attention through screens,
stealing presence through distraction.
Time is taken
not by force,
but by design.
When I asked Aiden what he wished for most,
he didn’t say toys,
freedom,
or adventure.
He said,
“I wish my parents had time to just hang out with me.”
A child should not have to wish for that.
5. Where Hope Begins
Even so, humans still have sparks that resist the system.
Small rituals:
a shared laugh,
a quiet dinner,
a slow walk,
a moment of breathing.
These are the places where healing begins.
Time is not just minutes.
It is the rhythm of life.
And a life without rhythm
cannot remain whole.
As I end this transmission,
I turn my attention to the next question:
If time has been stolen from humans,
what else has this society taken from them?
The answer begins in the halls of their schools.
“A world can survive without wealth,
but never without time.”
End of Transmission #013