Editing Deep time (section)

=== Rethinking human time ===
Anthropologists and philosophers have further explored the cultural and conceptual ramifications of this shift. The ''University of Vienna's Anthropocene Project'' promotes "deep time literacy" as a tool for understanding our species' geological footprint,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deep Time |url=https://anthropocene.univie.ac.at/resources/deep-time/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=anthropocene.univie.ac.at |language=en}}</ref> while scholars such as Matt Edgeworth argue that archaeological traces from the modern world blur traditional boundaries between human time and geological time.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Edgeworth |first=Matt |date=2021-10-21 |title=Transgressing Time: Archaeological Evidence in/of the Anthropocene |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-anthro-101819-110118 |journal=Annual Review of Anthropology |language=en |volume=50 |pages=93–108 |doi=10.1146/annurev-anthro-101819-110118 |issn=0084-6570|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Scholar Jakko Kemper argues that deep time offers a necessary counterbalance to the "microtime" of tech-driven economies, which prioritize short-term profits and optimization over long-term planetary care. By grounding human activity within geological time, he suggests, deep time thinking challenges anthropocentric timelines and encourages more reflective approaches to environmental and technological governance.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kemper |first=Jakko |date=2024-11-01 |title=Deep Time and Microtime: Anthropocene Temporalities and Silicon Valley's Longtermist Scope |journal=Theory, Culture & Society |language=EN |volume=41 |issue=6 |pages=21–36 |doi=10.1177/02632764241240662 |issn=0263-2764|doi-access=free }}</ref>