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On 2015-10-05 02:44, spike wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">> Hahaha! Yeah, that was
some trip. I felt bad for you. Maybe next time we should try
a slightly more calming environment (or not, to keep the
adrenal glands working). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I probably would have been OK on that adventure had we been in my ratty old pickup rather than Mister Lincoln. Anytime I go into the city in that rattletrap hunk of Detroit, the proles look at me and assume I have a sidearm and no insurance. They give me plenty of room. {8^D</span></pre>
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Of course, in The Mission these days you run more risk of them
trying to make you an angel investor or a beta-tester for their
peer-2-peer social entrepreneurship incubator. It is a geek ghetto.
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But driving in a non-car adapted city is definitely an adrenal gland
workout. Do not even try to bring a car to Oxford - it hardly worked
in the era of horse and carriage, and we often see people have
strokes trying to get from nearby point A to B and having to go
around the entire town. Walking is often sigificantly faster. <br>
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In the North the challenge is different: my husband has me as
reindeer lookout during the looong drives in the wilderness. The
reindeer just love to saunter out on the road, and you better notice
them before it turns into a mess. (The elks at least are mostly
moving at dusk and dawn). There you need to stay vigilant
continually while there is nothing but spruce and pine to look at. <br>
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Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University</pre>
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