Why time flies
by Alan Burdick · first published 2017
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"Time" is the most commonly used noun in the English language; it's always on our minds and it advances through every living moment. But what is time, exactly? Do children experience it the same way adults do? Why does it seem to slow down when we're bored and speed by as we get older? How and why does time fly? In this exploration, author and New Yorker staff writer Alan Burdick takes readers on a personal quest to understand how time gets in us and why we perceive it the way we do. In the company of scientists, he visits the most accurate clock in the world (which exists only on paper); disc
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On a related topic, the book “Why Time Flies” by Alan Burdick is a great read, and touches on biology related aspects of time.
on “Research shows circadian clock influences metabolism, cell and tumor growth” ↗I'm grappling with this myself. It appears the answer is to always be doing new things. "novel experiences seem to slow time perception down. Repetition of events seems to make them go faster." from "Why Time Flies As You Age" - http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/...