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the western conception of time relentlessly flying forward is a key underpinning of many societies continuous focus on improving things, becoming more efficient, getting ever better, and not wasting a minute in the process.
one can guess that this fixation on times vigilant journey stems from an age of science that began several hundred years ago, and is epitomized by cartesian clocks eternally moving their gears to the tune of a never-ending grind stretching in linear fashion out to near-eternity.
yet the rotation of those very gears dramatically illustrate another conception, one of continuous cycles, endlessly returning home only to repeat themselves one more time. whether one thinks of ancient egyptian flood cycles, lunar calendars, or karmic birth and re-birth, the idea that continuous cycles run the universe (and our lives) is at once powerful, easily understood, and valid.
both conceptions condescend from their ethereal heights to form a rather unbending and brutish reality for it departments today. you need to design and deploy the most cutting-edge, customer-friendly, web-centric, fast and efficient, fault-tolerant, real-time applicat... 下一页