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Edward T. Hall

16 May 1914-20 July 2009

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Modernity is characterized by a widespread breakdown of communal and hereditary social groupings leading to 'a wider range of individual choice unrestrained by social sanction' and a tendency for relationships to become more often contractually entered into rather than determined by birth or residence.

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A Polychronic individual is an individual or group that is capable of attending to multiple events simultaneously, as opposed to 'monochronic' individuals and cultures which tend to handle events sequentially.