During modern times, time played a leading role. Nowadays, the consensus is that space occupies this key position. In spite of this unanimity, however, there is a lot of disagreement as to what characterizes space in our days. Given that most arguments are based almost exclusively on what the authors can observe and not on research results and also given that some of these authors still tend to observe the present world with modern eyes, research was conducted to inspect how young people conceive space. Results showed that those who participated in the research saw themselves circulating freely in a space that had already become “smooth” (without frontiers or barriers), such as that described by Deleuze and Guattari. The same research also produced unexpected results. It made possible to closely examine a temporal dimension which has become central in the present world: that of the “simultaneous” occurrence of a number of events. Such inspection, on its turn, revealed the emergence of a new concept of “simultaneity”. Such a concept, associated with the employment of a few strategies, allows youngsters to say with conviction that they are able to perform several tasks “at the same time”.
Space; Time; Contemporary days; Youngsters