Time
Time is difficult to explain. When looking for a dictionary explanation, time is described as "the general term for the experience of duration." But what is duration?
We have contradictory ways of speaking about time. We think of time as a quantity. It is something we waste, spend, or save. We also think of time as a medium we are passing through every day.
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