Talking About Time

I’ve written one book and dozens of essays on time management. That’s partly because I’ve always been bad at it and wanted to learn how to improve. After hundreds of hours of research and years of trial and error, I feel like I’ve arrived at a place where I know what it takes to manage my time, even if I don’t always follow my own advice.

That’s the pragmatic side of time. But there’s another side that I am equally interested in and have spent years studying, but failed to learn all that much about it. I’m talking about time from the perspective of, say, theoretical physics – the way Einstein understood it.

I’ve read several books and dozens of magazine articles. I’ve attended (or watched) at least a dozen lectures. I’ve even asked questions of a few college professors that claimed to understand the physics.

What I’ve learned is the definition of a few terms, like space-time, entropy, and thermal equilibrium. But so far, that’s about it. I did, though, come across this small video presentation by theoretical physicist Sean Carroll (John Hopkins University) that helped me inch along my way.

Maybe you will be able to get more from this than I did. If you feel like you understand what he’s saying, please let me know. (You must explain it to me at the comprehension level of a third grader.) I’m eager to learn!