Time is the framework within which changes and events occur.
Rather than remain in a single state, the world is able to progress and develop or to regress and deteriorate. The total of all the changes that have occurred so far is what we call history. The general view of time is that it progresses in a forward direction and that there is little more that can be said about it. The nature of time itself remains an enigma. Predicting social changes is considered an application of the social sciences and not connected with the inherent nature of time itself.