# Why Time and Reality Revolve Around You (Literally)

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Podcast: [artificially aware](https://stenobird.com/podcast/artificially-aware-7276027)
Published: 2026-09-07T11:47:30+00:00
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What if time isn’t the shared experience we all believe it to be, but something deeply personal and centered entirely around you? In this mind-bending journey, we explore Vincent Conitzer’s Personalized A-Theory of Time—an idea that challenges our most basic assumptions about reality, time, and the ego. Inspired by a comment on one of my recent videos about McTaggart’s “Unreality of Time,” this piece delves into the theory that your personal experience of the “Now” might be the only thing that’s truly real. Watch this episode next: Journey Out of the Illusion [Part 1] Are we all living in separate, personalized timelines where our own ego is at the metaphysical center? Is time itself nothing more than an illusion, a trick of consciousness created just for you? Watch as we dive deep into these questions and explore how the ego and the flow of time might be inextricably linked. Read the article yourself here: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~conitzer/personalizedA.pdf Don't forget to subscribe for more deep dives into the nature of time, consciousness, and everything in between. #TimeTheory #PhilosophyOfTime #EgoAndTime #VincentConitzer #PersonalizedTime #Metaphysics #RealityBending Become a member of this channel to enjoy benefits: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh6gJYYFDueIzAk_Jn6SmZw/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me…

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