slow travel

WE ARE ON THE MENU

In Davos, the audience heard many speeches about uncertainty. Carney’s stood out because it named the cause—and demanded a response. The menu is already being written. The question he posed to the world was simple and uncomfortable: who is willing to sit down, collaborate, and lead—and who will disc

BOILING THE PORCUPINE

For decades, discussions about Taiwan’s future have been dominated by the specter of invasion: amphibious landings, missile strikes, and regional escalation. Yet Beijing’s most effective path to control Taiwan may not run through the Taiwan Strait at all. It may instead unfold quietly, incrementally

BICYCLE

At its mechanical heart, the bicycle remains astonishingly efficient. In terms of energy conversion, it outperforms almost every other form of transport ever devised. A human on a bicycle can travel farther per unit of energy than any animal or machine of comparable scale. This is not marketing lang

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