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Time is a source of wonder and mystery from "summary" of The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
Time is a source of wonder and mystery. We are surrounded by it, and yet it remains elusive. We experience time as the ticking of a clock, the passing of the seasons, the aging of our bodies. But what is time, really? In our everyday lives, time seems straightforward. We think of it as a linear progression from past to present to future. We divide it into hours, minutes, seconds. We use it to schedule our days, to plan our future, to reminisce about the past. But when we start to probe deeper, we find that time is far more complex than we ever imagined. Time is relative, as Einstein showed us. It is not a constant, but rather a fluid and ever-changing entity. It can speed up or slow down depending on how fast we are moving or how close we are to a massive object. It is intertwined with space in ways that are mind-bending and counterintuitive. Our perception of time is also deeply subjective. It is influenced by our emotions, our memories, our senses. Time can stretch out endlessly when we are bored...
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