... illustrates that our technological progress has the potential to impact planetary scales. When making decisions regarding the next grand project, whether it be a new hydropower station, metropolis, or any other massive construction, we must be mindful of the shifting axis of the planet and other hidden effects. It is crucial to realize that the Earth is a unified system, and large-scale human interventions resonate in the very depths of this system's physics. The Three Gorges Dam has already added 0.06 microseconds to our days ...