Time

clclark563

Time is not a simple fact or universal given. It is a schema used for reducing system complexity, and every system has its own sense of time.  There are as many times are there are systems.

Observation can occur in three dimensions: factual, social, and temporal.

Published by clclark563

I am a lecturer in the English department at the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse.

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