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Explosions are also compressions of time. Observable changes in the natural universe all are explosive to some degree and from some point of view; otherwise you would not notice them. Smooth Continuity of change, if slowed sufficiently, goes without notice by observers whose time/attention span is too short. Thus, I tell you, I have seen changes you would never have marked.
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The time scale from which an event is viewed changes its meaning. In Dune, with its plans spanning millennia, reading history therefore begins with choosing a scale.
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Frank Herbert
Heretics of Dune · Chapter epigraph
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