"My preference doesn't mean I don't need a calendar. I desperately do. But some days I wish I didn't. :) Time is something I've been thinking about quite a bit these days. As AI seems to be moving quite quickly, my children have grown into near-adults, and as I age, things seem to be moving faster. They're not, but they seem to be."
"There are numerous papers on this topic; this one provides a good breakdown, but this video by David Eagleman is less dense. Eagleman experiments with time and proves that time doesn't slow down, but your memory, triggered by your amygdala, captures the novelty of traumatic events "to attend to the situation at hand." Memories are created in a kind of second memory system that you may need in the future to avoid or deal with the trauma at hand."
Time is presented as a fluid, human-centered phenomenon rooted in individual perception. Virginia Woolf's formulation frames time as existing only in momentary human experience. Perceived speed of time changes with novelty, emotion, age, and life transitions. Traumatic events prompt the amygdala to create extra memories, giving the impression of elongated time. Social and cultural frameworks such as monochronic and polychronic orientations shape how people organize and value time. Practical tools like calendars remain necessary despite philosophical views. Subjective temporal experience affects daily life, technology perceptions, and interpersonal rhythms.
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