A Sense Of Direction

Headwind is a wind that blows against you regardless of the direction in which you're heading. It is an atmospheric phenomenon which forms when you try to run outdoors.

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The Closer We Get The Further Apart I Become

Up until a few dozen years ago traveling globally involved a lengthy and often dangerous journey. Communication schemes were not too advanced either. Consequently people's lives (family, friends, work) tended to be localized to a confined geographical area.

This is far from being the case today. You hop onto an airplane and after a couple of movies and a few peanuts you find yourself on another continent; you lift the phone and speak to your family, wherever you are; you email jokes to your friends who receive them instantly. People can relocate easily, visit each other relatively often, and stay in touch on a daily basis. My close family is roughly 8,500 miles away. My girlfriend is closer, "only" ~3,000 miles away.

Technology may work towards consolidating humanity, but has the side effect of fragmenting our individual lives.

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Efficiency

We can safely shrink the beta phase of any software release down to a single day. All the problems get discovered during the last day anyway.

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