Then what's time for?

"But I do", he insisted. "It makes me feel as though... as though I were more me, if you see what I mean. More on my own, not so completely a part of something else. Not just a cell in the social body. Yes, I know even Epsilons are useful! And I damn well wish I weren't".

And I wish that I had taken that class when I had the opportunity. I wonder if I do because it's too late. I could have learned something of real value.