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We spend our lives chasing 'duration'—clocks, calendars, efficiency. But Fleming argued that real meaning comes from 'eternity': the depth of belonging to a specific patch of earth.
When most people think of the word "eternity," they imagine an endless stretch of time—a line that never ends. But when the late cultural historian, economist, and philosopher David Fleming used the word, he wasn't talking about time at all. He was talking about place . david fleming eternity
If you want to survive the future, stop trying to live forever. Start trying to belong somewhere forever. 🪵🌍
Eternity is the farmer who knows his grandfather plowed the same field. Eternity is the craftsperson fixing a tool rather than replacing it. But when the late cultural historian, economist, and
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David Fleming and the Geometry of Forever: Understanding "Eternity"