The scientific discovery of our universe’s immense cosmological history and Earth’s vast geologic history has radically altered common perceptions of time, prompting us to think in terms of millions and billions of years rather than hundreds and thousands. Meanwhile human societies impact the Earth System at accelerating rates and more comprehensively than ever before, leading scientists to propose the new geological epoch of the Anthropocene. These two contrasting temporal transformations have mostly been considered separately: the expanding awareness of cosmological and geologic duration, on the one hand, and the acute sense of swift technological change, on the other. However, their contrast and coexistence are important to recognize. The challenge of understanding the Anthropocene’s complex timescales is partly due to the inability of human institutions to reconcile this twofold disruption whereby time has both expanded (into deep time) and compressed (in techno-social acceleration). After theorizing this transformation, I evaluate the current cosmic stories helping human beings reconceptualize the new timescape.

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人类世的深层时间和压缩时间：新的时空和宇宙故事的价值

对我们宇宙的巨大宇宙史和地球广阔的地质史的科学发现，从根本上改变了人们对时间的认识，促使我们以数亿亿年而不是成千上万的年来思考。同时，人类社会以前所未有的速度和更广泛的速度影响着地球系统，导致科学家们提出了人类世新的地质纪元。这两个截然不同的时间转变大多被分别考虑：一方面是对宇宙和地质持续时间的认识不断扩大，另一方面是对迅速的技术变革的敏锐感知。但是，认识它们的对比和共存很重要。理解人类世的复杂时标的挑战部分是由于人类机构无法调和这种双重破坏，从而使时间既扩大了（变成更深的时间）又压缩了（以技术社会加速）。在对这种转变进行理论化之后，我将评估当前的宇宙故事，以帮助人们重新构想新的时空。