It’s Only a Matter of Time

Published: Aug. 10, 2021, 4 p.m.

We humans, as far as we can tell, are the only creatures to occupy a temporal domain of mental activity — the perceived awareness of our past and our future, and most importantly, that we will die. How does our awareness of time shape our mind, for good or for ill, and how does that awareness potentially prime us to be agents of beauty and goodness on the earth? Join Pepper Sweeney and Curt Thompson as we explore the notion of time — and we try not to lose track of it in the process.