Bergson is famous for his concept of durée (duration)—the idea that time is not a series of discrete, measurable moments (like ticks on a clock), but a continuous, flowing stream of consciousness where the past melts into the present.

TikTok, on the other hand, is the ultimate machine of spatialized time. It chops experience into 15-second blocks, perfectly measured, perfectly discrete, and perfectly disconnected. …

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