[Stratoscope]

What a great article! Thank you for linking to it.

I love the ambiguity of the last sentence you quoted. I won't spoil it for others; just go read the article, it's that good.

Fair warning: it is long form journalism, of the best kind. Give yourself some time to savor it.

[i_am_proteus]

Full circle: I discovered this article after another HN commenter suggested the book Uncommon Carriers, a collection of essays including this one.