I imagine that anyone who lives a long life might draw similar conclusions about what is and isn’t important, and I feel that it is a gift to have been given this perspective at a relatively young age. Ultimately, by reading every issue of TIME I learned the value of time, which is, by far, our most precious commodity.

Different does not mean unrelated. In this book I show that these two perceptions — the feeling that time accelerates with age, and the attraction of beauty — are both part of the same natural design, in accord with the constructal law1. They are an integral aspect of the human animal, striving to live and improve along the way. The perceptions of

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