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Splendid isolation: how I stopped time by sitting in a forest for 24 hours

34 mins | Feb 1, 2020
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What happens when you disconnect from life and do nothing for 24 hours? The expression 'time goes too fast' only exists in modern-day life — as we get busier, faster and more efficient. But what if you stepped outside it, and did absolutely nothing: would you get your time back? Mark O'Connell describes in the Guardian his splendid isolation.

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