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Elie Mystal

14 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read

The other day, I remarked on how time feels like it's slowing down as we approach the election. I think I understand why:
It's natural for humans to plan ahead. We set markers for when we'll do things, and we notice when those markers get closer and closer. Time progresses.

But right now, at least for me, I can't plan past Nov 3rd. I have no idea what the world will look like. Literally, my calendar usually gets filled up with "engagements" at least a month out. But I have NOTHING in my calendar past 11/3, I'm not even trying to think past that.

So, that's temporally distorting. I have nothing to look forward to, nothing I can really plan to do. As the Oracle says in the Matrix, we can't see past the choices we don't understand. And so it feels like *infinite* time b/w now and 11/3, b/c I can't comprehend "after it" yet.

That feeling isn't *real* depending on how you define "real." There will in fact be an 11/4 and 11/5, Cyberpunk 2077 will be released. Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday) will happen.
But, like a sailor who's lost his bearings, the ocean b/w me and land feels functionally endless.

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