Spiralling inwards: while retreating outwards

One may say that this book is a philosophical discussion of time. It started as a big question in regards to the content of the book. A question was then asked and the author decided to go along with it and discuss it in his own manner, which is at times mad and at times very sensible. The author also decided to ask two fellow travellers to supply a short text on the topic of the philosophical discussion of time. They did do this, which I, I mean the author, appreciated very much. The author would like to address the question, as to whether his fellow travellers would have agreed to be a part in this book if they would have had the chance to read it beforehand. I guess that is what you can call trust, or blind trust, since they did not see what the author wrote. They simply agreed to it. Bless them! They must have felt that it cannot be worse than what the politicians are doing...