“Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.”
– George Gissing
Divine Disorder
Time, like money, offers a unique marker. Something to count and compare. Something to use for measuring progress – and failure.
What is your annual income? How many hotdogs did Joey Chestnut eat in 10 minutes on July 4, 2021? What is the year-to-date return of bitcoin? What is the max MPH of a 1969 Ford Mustang at sea level?
In fact, the tick tock of time all seems so systematic, arranged, and orderly. Almost a direct proof of deism. Sixty seconds make a minute, 60 minutes make an hour, 24 hours make a day, and one day equals one complete rotation of the planet earth.
Roughly every 30 days the moon orbits the earth – which is one month. Then every 12 months the earth orbits the sun – which is one year.
So far so good, right? Continue reading