Deep Time: The Lost Art of Contemplating Time

4 min readMay 27, 2021

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How long is your timescale? And what difference does that make?

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How Long is Your Timeline?

Let me ask you this,

How long is your timeline?

The one in your head when you think about all the things you make decisions about? Shopping, buying / renting a house, choosing a career, a partner, a…

Cathy Presland

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