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    Goldilocks day

    Apr 22, 2019 4 minutes
    by Timothy Olds
    Photo: Hergé Countdown, by Bert Kaufmann

    There’s nothing more democratic than time. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates and the Dalai Lama, Usain Bolt and Serena Williams all have exactly 1,440 minutes in their day, and the rip of time sweeps us all towards the future at exactly 60 minutes per hour.

    Imagine this: you decide you need to get fit, so you determine to go swimming for half an hour each day. You need to find time to get into your swimmers, get to the pool, do your workout, get home, have a shower and get changed. Let’s say an hour all up. Where does the time come from? It’s

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