SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ILLUSIONS: DURING THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY ACROSS EUROPE AIMED TO REGULATE LABOUR TIME AND FORMALISE WORKING LIFE: EIGHT HOURS FOR WORK, EIGHT HOURS FOR LEISURE, EIGHT HOURS FOR SLEEP.  IN FRANCE, STANDARD MEASURES WERE IMPLEMENTED TO RESIST GROWING COMMUNIST SUPPORT WITHIN THE PROLETARIAT, EXERTING CONTROL OVER INDUSTRY AND UNIONS. SYNDICATS CAMPAIGNED FOR TIME FREED FROM WORK: TIME FOR STASIS, FOR REPLENISHMENT, FOR SELF-DETERMINATION. AND YET, WHILE TRADING CEASES, WHILE MATERIALS MAY APPEAR AT REST, BUSINESS CONTINUES AS USUAL. CARBON IS EXTRACTED AND QUANTIFIED AND BURNED. PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE AND FALL. PROMISES ARE METED OUT: SHIMMERING TALES OF PROGRESS, OF DIFFERENCE, OF DISTINCTION. LANGUAGE ENCLOSES AND LUBRICATES, FACILITATES AND CONCEALS. PRODUCTION REGULATES MENTAL LIFE. FREE TIME IS SHACKLED TO ITS OPPOSITE. BODIES ARE ENCODED. VALUE FLOODS EXISTENCE. EXTRACTION ACCELERATES. OUTPUTS PROLIFERATE. HORIZONS STRETCH AWAY.