Although the protests in the United States are clearly aimed at deep-seated systemic racism, there is a broader backdrop to the protests. What we are seeing is likely a sign of things to come
Bill Hicks
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Escape velocity
The astronomer Fred Hoyle once observed: “Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.” Which is to say it’s twelve hours nearer to us than Cape Town is to Johannesburg. Imagine such a perpendicular journey: 100km above sea level we cross the Karman line — […]