Ganz isn't the first person to observe this. As he points out, in 1963, Galbraith wrote:
> Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt.
I read Ganz's short post last week and it stuck with me.
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Cory Doctorow
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