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In the Māori worldview, they talk about the past being in front of them and the future behind them, like literally will point backwards when referring to the future. The reasoning is that we can see the past clearly, but can't see the future, and so must walk backwards into it.
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interesting! love learning about different temporal/geospatial notions like this around the world (another below in QT). always fun to realize your “default” isn’t the only option and each option has something unique to offer
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hmm... “last thursday” should’ve been on the left, “right now” on the right. interesting temporal dislexia
on a related note, there’s a tribe that organizes chronologically from east to west (rising & setting of sun). of course, this forces you to have great geospatial awareness twitter.com/harveykrishna_…
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“We learn from history that we do not learn from history” - Hegel
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