I've come to somewhat of a sad realization over the last little while: summer is basically half over now. But, you know what? Who really cares? Summer is part of life and life is infinite as long as you're living. Under that logic, what would be the point of mourning the passage of time?
I think that's a pretty unique train of thought because it's so vastly different from what society would want you to expect. They want you to think that there's never enough time; that time is scarce and thus marketable. But time is infinite and will go on forever. The truth of the matter is that if you want to make time for something you can do that. Sure, there's an opportunity cost associated with that but what of it? Time isn't a scarce resource. You don't lose time for "making" time for something else. You lose the activity you would have done instead. So no one can really make the excuse that they have no time for something. What people mean by that (but don't realize that they mean it) is that social cues prevent them from altering their plans by imposing artificial time constraints.
Okay, that's great. I just lost half the people in the room. You're probably wondering: "What does this all mean?" Well, nothing really, to tell you the truth. It's a nice exercise in thinking about something in a vastly different way and thus honing your mind, but since we all live in society and our behavior is affected by it, the argument as a whole is really inconsequential.
Still, I do see merit in ideas like this because they inspire abstract, creative thinking and debates. And God knows, I sure do love an intellectual debate (as long as I can follow it).
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