Time
You know how we say “in the old days”, or “in old times” etc. when referring to the past?
In actuality, everything that happened in times past happened when the world was younger. We live in the oldest days that have ever existed.
I think we are just so egocentric that we even measure time in relation to us, and not on the actual passing of time across the age of the earth as an objective reference point and time standard.
Today is the oldest day that has ever existed. Everything that happened in the past happened when the world was younger, in younger days.
Things that came before us are only old to us because we are so late on the timeline. So we have a tendency to think of younger times as old times, and our own time as newer, when in reality our time is the oldest in the history of the universe.
Sure, we have things that are new all the time, such as AI, crypto currency, NFT’s, etc. But no matter what the newest thing is, in the broader context it’s all happening in the oldest age in history.
Speaking of when the world was younger - this drawing depicts the first encounter between the settlers and Comanche Indians, drawn by a guy who was there.
