Time for a new generation of Americans to lead

By: Dave Nagle

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: May 11, 2026

Words: 634

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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There was a dispute between Thomas Mann and Albert Einstein dealing with how quickly or slowly time passes. Einstein, in his theory of relativity, maintained that the faster an object moves, it has the effect of slowing time. Mann, writing in his most famous work, “The Magic Mountain,” contended that boring times “could dissolve, indeed, the largest units of time until they seem nothing at all.”

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