The Canoe Commuters of the CIA (2019)
This quote from the original article by Robert Sinclair, the CIA analyst, is one of the most profound things I've ever read.<p>"What do I get out of all this? For a moment, I get to evade modern man's almost complete dependence on secondhand information....We have come to rely on what others tell us about the world beyond our narrow boxes.<p>"The canoe commute does give me a first hand glimpse of what is going on beyond the various manmade containers I inhabit. I benefit from regular access to information that clearly is unmediated."<p>PDF of original article embedded here: <a href="https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/09/history-of-the-cia-essay-on-the-agency-s-canoe-commute-club.html" rel="nofollow">https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/09/history-of-the-cia-...</a>