# Martin Fowler - Temporal Patterns (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://martinfowler.com/logo-sq.png) ## Highlights - Even worse we may want to know what two months ago we thought the state of the world six months ago was. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kf0q3pn7f55kxnkb6ssbd164)) ^977918707 - I think of the first dimension as **actual time**: the time something happened. The second dimension is **record time**, the time we knew about it. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kf0q8p8xapmx7wv41ttcssdk)) ^977919505