People often say that they are “stuck in traffic,” as if their vehicle is somehow not a literal part of the traffic in which they are stuck. They are not stuck in traffic; they are traffic. In no other condition of crowding do we entertain this degree of egoism. Nobody goes to Disneyworld and is baffled as to why the lines are so long, begrudging the others who have chosen to visit at the same time. We do not attend a popular movie or board an airplane and experience bewilderment by a desire of other humans to share the same experience simultaneously. Yet when it comes to traffic congestion,
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