“Lost time is never found again.” - Benjamin Franklin I came across that quote from Benjamin Franklin earlier today and it’s resonated with me all day. Time. What is time? And why can we never gain it back?Unorthodoxy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Some say time is an illusion and that there is only ever the eternal now. Both this outlook and your article want us to be present in the moment to make the best use of now. Instead of arguing about time's potential existence, we should be agreeing that NOW is the important "time" and everything else is backstory (past) or foreshadowing (future).
Some say time is an illusion and that there is only ever the eternal now. Both this outlook and your article want us to be present in the moment to make the best use of now. Instead of arguing about time's potential existence, we should be agreeing that NOW is the important "time" and everything else is backstory (past) or foreshadowing (future).