Chapter 1 · Into the Dragon's Land
LIFE ON CRUISE CONTROL?
28 November 2010
Date posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Being on a bike on the local roads has presenced me yet again to the unusual swarm-kind of intelligence on the Chinese roads. I have seen it in every city and town thus far. It appears to be the kind of present, non-local intelligence possessed by a school of fish. Few lanes are marked, few laws are observed - everyone is pretty much going where they want to. Yet, there is a consistent communication stream by honks and gestures. There is no room for "cruise-control" here. Only consistent presence rules the road. I like it. It is distinctly different from the U.S. linear driving/biking experience. I feel safer on these roads than I have ever felt - people are extremly aware.
It makes me think of the other life aspects that I am used to putting on "cruise-control" - there is seamless efficiency and beauty to it, yet, perchance, at the expense of the dynamic tracking of life and overall presence.
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