{"id":189277,"date":"2025-03-04T08:27:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=189277"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:13:39","slug":"podcast-1059-enter-the-matrix-the-science-of-slowing-down-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1059-enter-the-matrix-the-science-of-slowing-down-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #1,059: Enter the Matrix \u2014 The Science of Slowing Down Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People commonly think of time as a fixed, linear, objective structure. But our own experiences belie this belief. We&#8217;ve all been in situations where time has seemed to drag on or speed up, and there are even whole periods of our lives that seem to have gone by slower or faster.<\/p>\n<p>As my guest Steve Taylor will explain, time is a lot more fluid and moldable than we often recognize. 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