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Quotes of Albert Einstein - which one(s) are most meaningful to you.

The 2nd one where Einstein says "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once"
I immediately thought that when I suddenly find myself aged 71 it seems as though all of my life experience did indeed happen all at one time. Not saying Einstein is wrong - just saying a persons perception of passed time is gone in a blur. Anyhow, here is the short video:

iThink 9 Oct 2
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I'm a bit more inclined to agree with your take on the life experience part, as it sure feels that way to me as well, life experience hitting me all at once. Also wanted to throw in there, regarding time itself and how things change over time, if you're 71 years old now that would mean you've more or less had more time to witness things in society gradually change. More than what I could say for myself, being a few decades younger than you, and from my point of view everything that I knew/recognized and enjoyed seemingly disappeared and or was drastically altered overnight, did not witness much of a gradual change(s) on my end.

Time is a funny thing, and Einstein was not totally wrong on that conclusion, but I'd tend to agree more with your stance on that matter, based on what I've been through over the years anyways.

Yes I think you made an apt observation. I believe that development of new technologies accelerates - rapidly and constantly building upon itself and as this continues it drags society into new and unfamiliar realities and we as individual members of society often feel as though we are living in strange times. Today we find ourselves worried about things like "Truth" "Morality" "Ethics" personal autonomy, ability to control our own destinies...
I know all of those things were important before the 20th century but I believe they now seem more in doubt than ever before.
You make a good point

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