Oad-world
Crucially, the oad-world is defined by what it accepts as natural. It is the domain of the taken-for-granted . Consider the concept of a “job.” The oad-world accepts that a significant portion of one’s waking life should be spent in a designated location, performing specialized tasks in exchange for abstract currency, and that this arrangement is not only normal but virtuous. It accepts that time is a linear resource to be optimized, segmented into “work,” “leisure,” and “sleep.” It accepts that certain emotions are appropriate to certain spaces (professional stoicism in the office, joy at a restaurant) and deviance from these scripts is met with subtle sanctions. This acceptance is not passive; it is actively curated through education, media, and the design of physical spaces. Schools teach punctuality; office floor plans enforce hierarchy; urban sprawl necessitates the automobile. The oad-world is a self-fulfilling prophecy: because we act as if it is real, it becomes so.
You find a paper, but it is behind a paywall. oad-world
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Start with a broad academic search engine like or Dimensions.ai . It accepts that time is a linear resource