We are all time travellers
Our relationship with time.
We are all time travellers
nostalgia is the enemy of progress
A lot of advancements in tech have been due to the nostalgia for imagined futures. A bit of time hopping if you will… Is it really the enemy of progress? Do I not what nostalgia actually means?
Time, like the breath, is neither wasted nor spent. It simply is. The idea that we can waste time is rooted in the notion that time is something we own, something to be measured, traded, or lost.
But in truth, time is not ours to keep or give away. It is a river that flows, a stream that carries us, moment by moment, through life.
Our language... See more
But in truth, time is not ours to keep or give away. It is a river that flows, a stream that carries us, moment by moment, through life.
Our language... See more
Tijn Tjoelker on Substack
The past doesn't exist - don't get stuck in it
My Tenets
She quotes Viktor Shklovsky: “habitualization devours work, clothes, furniture, one's wife, and the fear of war... and art exists so that one may recover the sensation of life.” Then she goes on: “ the trick in writing/life... is to figure out how to import a chunk of the past into the present, so your present self can feel all the things you’ve... See more
#198: Trying to see something
We belong to times far more than we belong to places. We just don’t realize it because we can’t travel in time and can never see our time from the perspective of another.
Venkatesh Raosubstack.comFeels paradoxical but idk there's something here that makes me feel like it belongs here
Time isn’t as linear as you think. It has ripples and folds like smooth silk. It doubles back on itself, and if you know where to look, you can catch the future shimmering in the present.
Dan Shipper • The Knowledge Economy Is Over. Welcome to the Allocation Economy
