A sci-fi short story exploring the chaos of disrupted circadian rhythms when internal clocks no longer sync with the world.
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A sci-fi short story exploring the chaos of disrupted circadian rhythms when internal clocks no longer sync with the world.
From the award-winning author Greg Egan comes a Tor.com Original sci-fi short story, "Zeitgeber". For millions of years, life on Earth has taken its cues from the rising and setting of the sun, and for most of human history we've followed the same rhythm. But if that shared connection was broken, and we each fell under the sway of our own private clock, could we still hold our lives together?
will contain mild spoilers
No sexual content depicted
No violence or gore present
No profanity or strong language
Brief mention of pills to control sleep cycles
No LGBTQIA+ representation present
No religious themes present
No witchcraft or occult themes
No evidence found in available sources.
Minor social commentary on conformity and control
No self-harm or suicide themes
No abuse or systemic suffering depicted
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