this latest trip exacts a high toll. three time zones in two weeks taxes his orientation to place and our joint orientation to time. just a little more, i suspect, and orientation to person will dim as well, and the mental state exam will be complete.
cyril parkinson says when they wanted to make senior civil servants retire they sent them on multiple trips across incompatible time zones*, and it was diabolically effective.
*parkinson's law: the pursuit of progress (1958)
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