My 7 Links is a retrospective, which I love; they give us a chance – or force us – to look both internally and externally when we rarely take the time to do so otherwise. For me, looking back over my blog doesn’t happen – it’s always about looking forward to the next thing, what I want to capture, and what’s on tap in the big, bad world of too-much-going-on news.

Theories about time, 2012, a change in consciousness – and even the end of the world – abound. What is fact and what is fiction, and how much does it really matter?

The question is no longer when, but what will we do now?