Set a stopwatch not a timer

To be on time you must live in time

“If the government wanted people to drive safely,
they’d mandate a spike in the middle of each steering wheel.”
–Gordon Tullock

A timer is a useful tool. A tripwire to slice an uncultivated field of time into patches of productive gardens. But they have a failing. In the gap between setting a timer and hearing it sound, it's possible to lose your connect…