Imagine a world with no future.As the young man sits, a dark rain cloud makes its way over the city. But the young man remains on the table. He can imagine only the present, and at this moment the present is a blackening sky but no rain. As he sips the coffee and eats the pastry, he marvels at how the end of the world is so dark. Still there is no rain, and he squints at his paper in the dwindling light, trying to read the last sentence that he will read in his life. Then, rain. The young man goes inside, takes off his wet jacket, marvels at how the world ends in rain. He discusses food with the chef, but he is not waiting for the rain to stop because he is not waiting for anything. In a world without future each moment is the end of the world. After twenty minutes, the storm cloud passes, the rain stops and the sky brightens. The young man returns to his table, marvels that the world ends in sunlight.
(Einstein`s Dreams)
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