Ego & Mortality

How Our Bizarre Perception of Time Gives Rise to The Illusion of Self

Overview

Last week’s essay, The Symphony Analogy, used calculus as a springboard to suggest a certain interchangeability between the dimension of time—as measured with a stopwatch—and the three physical dimensions that we measure with rulers (length, width, and height).

The following essay extends that analogy with a fictional head of broccoli, rendered …