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On the meaning of the past as seen through Don Nelson

My best professor at Stanford, the one who made the whole thing worthwhile, told me people think incorrectly about the past. Most people think the past is over, fixed, closed, he explained. He said the past is as open as the future. I knew what he meant. He didn’t mean past events would change. He meant the meaning of the past events was endlessly fluid and open to interpretation. Meeting Don Nelson on Tuesday got me thinking about this. Two… Read More »