Well, 2015 is almost in the books — at least as we measure time — so we here at the Edge are hoping that your 2016 starts off well and gains speed from there.
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Well, 2015 is almost in the books — at least as we measure time — so we here at the Edge are hoping that your 2016 starts off well and gains speed from there.
Recognizing the variety of calendars around the world, and thus the different occasions for marking a new year, illustrates the arbitrariness of time and our systems of marking time, which Russell McCutcheon has highlighted recently (here and here). In the context of South Asia, for example, many communities have new year commemorations at different times, primarily based on regional calendars. Continue reading “Arbitrary and Consequential”
It’s always fascinated me how carefully the referees measure a close first down in American football. “It’s a game of inches,” they say, since inches matter when you’ve advanced almost ten yards, but not quite. But that’s not the best part. Continue reading “It’s All a Game of Inches”