David Henkin

Yeah, at this point, it's a global timekeeping system. There are no major societies that I know about that don't count regular, continuous cycles of seven days. But that wouldn't have been true if you had asked me this question 200 years ago or even 100 years ago.

Yeah, at this point, it's a global timekeeping system. There are no major societies that I know about that don't count regular, continuous cycles of seven days. But that wouldn't have been true if you had asked me this question 200 years ago or even 100 years ago.

Yeah, at this point, it's a global timekeeping system. There are no major societies that I know about that don't count regular, continuous cycles of seven days. But that wouldn't have been true if you had asked me this question 200 years ago or even 100 years ago.

Hello, Mike. How are you?

Hello, Mike. How are you?

Hello, Mike. How are you?

The week has always fascinated me and partly why the week is because the week is a completely artificial unit of time. It's not really, uh, uh, based on any natural observable natural phenomenon. And it's not as a fraction, neat fraction of any other larger unit of time. It's totally conventional. Lots of parts of the world never had it.

The week has always fascinated me and partly why the week is because the week is a completely artificial unit of time. It's not really, uh, uh, based on any natural observable natural phenomenon. And it's not as a fraction, neat fraction of any other larger unit of time. It's totally conventional. Lots of parts of the world never had it.

The week has always fascinated me and partly why the week is because the week is a completely artificial unit of time. It's not really, uh, uh, based on any natural observable natural phenomenon. And it's not as a fraction, neat fraction of any other larger unit of time. It's totally conventional. Lots of parts of the world never had it.

So I've always been fascinated with this weird thing that is the week. We sort of made it up. You can't see it. You can't figure out by looking at the skies if you've lost track of it. And lots of societies did just fine with that one. But we're so attached to it. So I've always been curious as to what it does for us or what it does to us to have this very peculiar time unit in our lives.

So I've always been fascinated with this weird thing that is the week. We sort of made it up. You can't see it. You can't figure out by looking at the skies if you've lost track of it. And lots of societies did just fine with that one. But we're so attached to it. So I've always been curious as to what it does for us or what it does to us to have this very peculiar time unit in our lives.

So I've always been fascinated with this weird thing that is the week. We sort of made it up. You can't see it. You can't figure out by looking at the skies if you've lost track of it. And lots of societies did just fine with that one. But we're so attached to it. So I've always been curious as to what it does for us or what it does to us to have this very peculiar time unit in our lives.

Yeah, I'd say at this point, it's a global timekeeping system. There are no major societies that I know about that don't count regular continuous cycles of seven days. But that wouldn't have been true if you had asked me this question 200 years ago or even 100 years ago.

Yeah, I'd say at this point, it's a global timekeeping system. There are no major societies that I know about that don't count regular continuous cycles of seven days. But that wouldn't have been true if you had asked me this question 200 years ago or even 100 years ago.

Yeah, I'd say at this point, it's a global timekeeping system. There are no major societies that I know about that don't count regular continuous cycles of seven days. But that wouldn't have been true if you had asked me this question 200 years ago or even 100 years ago.

Lots of societies have not counted seven-day cycles or not counted continuous seven-day cycles or only had cycles that were fractions of of lunar months or things like that, or didn't care about the number seven at all.

Lots of societies have not counted seven-day cycles or not counted continuous seven-day cycles or only had cycles that were fractions of of lunar months or things like that, or didn't care about the number seven at all.

Lots of societies have not counted seven-day cycles or not counted continuous seven-day cycles or only had cycles that were fractions of of lunar months or things like that, or didn't care about the number seven at all.

It seems to have two origins. I'd say the primary origin is Jewish, the Jewish Sabbath practice. So to have a Sabbath count required that you maintain that weekly cycle, that's one origin. The Romans also observed a planetary week where they identified each day of a seven-day cycle with one of the planets, including the sun and the moon as planets.

It seems to have two origins. I'd say the primary origin is Jewish, the Jewish Sabbath practice. So to have a Sabbath count required that you maintain that weekly cycle, that's one origin. The Romans also observed a planetary week where they identified each day of a seven-day cycle with one of the planets, including the sun and the moon as planets.