> Time past and time future > Allow but a little consciousness. > To be conscious is not to be in time > But only in time can the moment in the rose-garden, > The moment in the arbour where the rain beat, > The moment in the draughty church...
> This particular blog is motivated by my observation of the tech journalism-sphere. I cannot help but notice the deficiency of analytical rigour in explaining the 'cult of founder' in Silicon Valley. On the cult of founders and theories of history; this is a long-form blog.
Time past and time future
Allow but a little consciousness.
To be conscious is not to be in time
But only in time can the moment in the rose-garden,
The moment in the arbour where the rain beat,
The moment in the draughty church at smokefall
Be remembered; involved with past and future.
Only through time time is conquered.
- Burnt Norton, Four Quartets, T.S. Eliot, published in 1909–1935
There are predominantly two major views on the ontology of time, as phrased by McTaggart (1908) as ‘A-series’ of time and ‘B-series’ of time, although I prefer the more direct and precise way of identifying the two theories—the dynamic theory and the static theory. The general camp of dynamic theory includes Growing-Block... (read more)
This particular blog is motivated by my observation of the tech journalism-sphere. I cannot help but notice the deficiency of analytical rigour in explaining the 'cult of founder' in Silicon Valley.
On the cult of founders and theories of history; this is a long-form blog.
Fixed thank you!