What does "time-binding" mean?

The act of transmitting knowledge and experience from one moment and person to other moments and people using written information (e.g., written language, images, symbols), whether in mundane instances or (especially) from one generation to the next.

Time-binding

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Noun

1
The act of transmitting knowledge and experience from one moment and person to other moments and people using written information (e.g., written language, images, symbols), whether in mundane instances or (especially) from one generation to the next. especially, general, uncountable

Adjective

1
Engaging in time-binding. general, not-comparable

Etymology

Coined by Polish-American philosopher Alfred Korzybski in 1921.

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