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Indigenous concepts of cyclical time

Many indigenous cultures experience time as circles rather than arrows, where seasons, generations, and events return to familiar patterns. This perspective cuts through linear productivity culture by suggesting that return and repetition aren't failures to progress—they're how the world actually works.

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