Today's Moment of Clarity: Get Out of the Car

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Out here in LA, it's easy to get wrapped up in the car culture that has dominated the West since the mid-20th century.

Although I don't have a long morning commute to work - living only about a mile away from the office - I still drive it every day, even though it's easily walkable and bikable.

I drive six hours each way for a brief weekend getaway.

And sometimes, barreling down the freeway, I have to force myself to pull over and go look at something, go climb something, instead of hypnotically following the road.

And as Roc, the caretaker of Ballarat, a ghost town outside of Death Valley, reminds us: you learn nothing by sitting in the car.

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