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Paul Simon's   'The Boxer' is a cry of the '60s, frustration and longing. There's a missing verse - not part of the original; it was added later. From the S&G Concert in Central Park 1981: It appears at 1.06:19  No tickets, no scanning, no queues. I would have loved to have been there Now the years are rolling by me, they are rockin' evenly,  I am older than I once was And younger than I'll be, that's not unusual.  No it isn't strange  After changes upon changes  We are more or less the same. After changes we are more or less the same. Modern and postmodern societies, especially in our day of massive social and cultural upheaval, are so overwhelmed by the present, they forget the past. After changes upon changes we may may not quite be more or less the same any more. People are running to keep up. I think it no accident that jogging has become popular - it is a metaphor for life itself. The media are full of stories about AI, the catas