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What does it mean?
The author imagines a vast maze that connects all of time and space, including the past, future, and stars.
In plain terms
I imagined a giant maze that includes the past, future, and stars.
What can you take from it?
Complex systems can link all moments of existence into one structure.

Where it applies

  • creative writing
  • storytelling
  • worldbuilding

Putting it to work

  • build interconnected storylines
  • visualize time as a structure

Questions to consider

  • How do past and future connect?
  • Can we map our own lives?

Another view

Such grand designs are difficult to execute clearly.

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