Our typical idea of historical consciousness of a world of cold, dead objects and linear time will not work here.

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Geological faults do not necessarily produce earthquakes in a nice, linear fashion over time.

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We imagine it as linear, but time has (in a sense) two dimensions now and not-now.

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Uncharted 3 was a decent game, but too linear and too interested in quick time events (QTEs) for my taste.

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Masterminded by watchmaker Felix Baumgartner and designer Martin Frei, Urwerk has built its reputation on watch designs featuring digital numerals that rotate like satellites and display the time in a relatively linear manner.

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However, they could all be using the same software, and for that matter, at the same time, creating a non-linear product on how it creates value in the organization.

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As a result of the conflict with traditional management values, Agile approaches have had a hard time winning widespread acceptance from managers imbued with traditional linear thinking.

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In a non-linear problem, the most relevant number for projecting sea level rise is the doubling time for the rate of mass loss.

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This time line is inherent to fundamental innovation, even when done optimally, for the process is not linear from research to development to product in the market.

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