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Tim Urban also wrote a slightly haunting follow-up: https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html I read it
by DavidPiper 4y ago
Tim Urban also wrote a slightly haunting follow-up: https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html
I read it every January or so.
- saboot 4y agoMan this was hard to read. My parents moved across the country a few years ago, went from seeing them every two weeks to twice a year. I'll be lucky to see them more than a couple dozen times total for the rest of our lives.
- cezart 4y agoPaul Graham also has an essay which explores the same core idea, but imho he manages to explore more angles of the passage of time, and how we perceive it through the scarcity of different experiences we value. If you liked this one, check it out: http://www.paulgraham.com/vb.html http://www.paulgraham.com/vb.html