Usepov240610justinejakobsjustineexplains

I stared at the device for a long, silent moment. Then I whispered, The voice—my own, but somehow older, wiser—answered, “You’ll see.”

"Most people think cause and effect is a straight line," she says. "It's not. It's a knot. You pull one string, and somewhere on the other side, someone chokes." usepov240610justinejakobsjustineexplains

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In each case, the act of explaining alters the temporal distance between the experiencing self (June 10) and the narrating self (the moment of explanation). silent moment. Then I whispered