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."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."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."PDF of original article embedded here: https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/09/history-of-the-cia-...