I don't know what InfoQ is thinking putting an article in 2 text boxes with clickboxes to expand the sections.

Here's the text of the article in a much easier to read format: http://jottit.com/u9hf6

I must admit I don't understand the benefits of embedding some form of temporal reasoning in a language or library. Anyone care to explain?

I don't either at the moment, but I bet many didn't see the significance of Lisp (then or now) either.

What's the alternative?

He's writing AI programs that reason about events: ergo the need for temporal reasoning.

It sounds like the concepts he is describing are more appropriate for a DSL within an existing language than in a completely new language.

Unfortunately that was rather difficult to watch and follow. I'd rather read it, so thanks bayareaguy.