Calendars Centralize - Navigation Decentralizes

Calendars and navigation are rival systems of truth.

Calendars centralize.

Navigation decentralizes.

Calendars make one empire’s rhythm feel universal.

Navigation teaches you that universality is negotiated.

It’s a reminder that timekeeping is never neutral.

It’s a claim.

And every claim about time is also a claim about where the center is.

The center is not the Earth simply because it appears that way to the naked eye.

Akin to how a jet fighter isn’t stealth merely because it’s painted blue or green.