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Why time seems to be going faster while we are in lockdown

Why time seems to be going faster while we are in lockdown

Parents know the phenomenon: Days can feel like forever, while weeks and months just fly by. Coronavirus lockdowns have made that weird time machine available to everyone. BBC Future explains what is happening here – and why we’ve all been turned into «Monday people» who don’t move into the future, but wait for the future to come to them. Feels very true.


From Weekly Filet #304, in May 2020.

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