Use your time wisely

Time the philosophers wrote starting from Seneca and until Jean de La Bruyère about the brevity of our lives, to urge us to use time wisely and preserve it like we preserve our most precious possessions. Unlike material possessions, it cannot be replaced, nor can we work hard to get it, or find it by chance, or inherit it, or borrow it, or steal it. Time simply passes, or, as Steve Miller described in one of his poems, "it leaks, it leaks, it leaks into the future." We do not need anyone to remind us that time is limited. And despite this knowledge, we often waste time without feeling or simply wishing it would pass quickly, so our distraction causes us to lose the sense of the passing hours. But there is no need for things to be this way. As Seneca advises us, we should not waste time, for it is "the only thing they have the right to be stingy with." Instead, we should be more careful in preserving it because it will end at a moment we do not know. Life is short, and around you, people and companies compete to attract your attention. Taking this into account, you should ask yourself: are you using your time wisely? In this issue: Use your time wisely The history of measuring time The sun's race Your age Everything is relative Never enough Two meanings about time Set your clock Time management Time complexity Stories travel through time Six thinkers Why do we play? A moral dilemma And more...