The Time Expansion Project - John K. Coyle

Time is our most precious commodity. When asked what their number-one wish would be, most people say they would like more time: more time to spend with friends and family. Yet many take time for granted and don't maximize the use of this most valuable resource. 

Consider this obvious yet counterintuitive idea: despite the clocks all around us, time, as we experience it, is not linear. It speeds up, slows down, freezes or disappears entirely - based on the focus, stimuli, emotions and environment in which our brains process it. Sadly, 98% of adults surveyed agreed that "time seems to be accelerating - each year feels a little shorter than the last." In the same study 64% of adults said that compared to now, summer as an 8 year old lasted “forever.” Why is time accelerating? Why did summers as a child seem so much longer than summers as an adult? Is there a way to design our lives to reverse these trends?  Can we slow and expand time? Yes!

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