A Puzzle about Other-directed Time-bias Footnote1

¹I owe thanks to Alex Byrne, Sally Haslanger, Chris Heathwood, Cody Gilmore, Barry Lam, Steve Yablo and two anonymous reviewers for most helpful comments.

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