How Deep Time Can Help You Handle Modern Times

Sometimes last month feels like a long time ago, but considering our planet, the long perspective can really help.

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By Erik Klemetti
Feb 17, 2025 3:30 PMFeb 17, 2025 3:34 PM
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A view across the Grand Canyon from the Southern Rim. Credit: Erik Klemetti

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Humans, we’re not good with time. Let me qualify that: we’re good with short time, like how long until lunch or how long ago did the Mets win the World Series. Usually, if something happened within your lifetime, the conceptualization of that duration of time isn’t too bad. Even when you get older and it seems like 1995 wasn’t 30 years ago, you still can wrap your head around the fact that idea.

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