Like many folks, I have watched the Summer Olympics occasionally during the last week or so. The one thing that struck me is that not only are the competitors racing against each other, but they are racing against the clock, trying to set new world and/or Olympic records. Can the [Read More]
One Saturday afternoon, my husband and vegetated and watch a dreadful movie called “In Time “(released October 2011) . The theme of the movie is that time is literally money. In this science fiction thriller, In 2169, people are genetically engineered to stop aging on their 25th birthday. Everyone has [Read More]
Last week, I posted a blog about the shortness of our working life and whether we really want to spend it embroiled in litigation. That post reminded me of a much earlier post (dated October 1, 2007) in which I looked at time in terms of seconds in a day [Read More]
The other day I conducted a mediation between a non-English speaking plaintiff and a used car dealer. The issue was whether the dealer had misrepresented certain aspects of the sale to the plaintiff.  We were well on the way to settling the matter when the issue of attorneys’ fees came [Read More]
In its April 5, 2013 edition, The Economist had an interesting article in its Science and Technology section about how we judge time. Entitled "Yesterday Came Suddenly", it discusses a study to be published in Psychological Science indicating that we view the future as being closer than the past. Calling [Read More]
