Perhaps you have encountered the dilemma of being told that next Wednesday’s meeting has been moved forward two days. So do you show up for the meeting on Monday or Friday? “Forward” is generally taken to be in the direction of movement. Thus if you are moving through a static timeline, and the timeline is moved forward, the target day will put it farther away, on Friday. But if you are standing still, and we conceptualize time itself to be flowing by you, putting the meeting forward will place it closer to you, on Monday. The first interpretation (Friday) is described as an ego-moving
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