"There are things that I would say that you could call an instant of time; or better, a now. As we live we seem to move through a succession of instants of time, nows, and the question is, what are they? There are where everything in the universe is at this moment, now"

This quote by Julian Barbour speaks to the concept of time and how it is experienced. He recommends that time is made up of a succession of "nows", or moments in time. He questions what these minutes are, and recommends that they are where whatever in the universe is at that minute. This suggests that time is not direct, however rather a collection of moments that exist concurrently. This idea suggests that time is not a direct development, however rather a collection of minutes that exist in the present. This concept challenges our conventional understanding of time, and recommends that time is not a linear development, but rather a collection of minutes that exist in the present. This idea has implications for how we view the past, present, and future, and recommends that all minutes exist in today.