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The blog Nouslife shared this slogan<\/a> and it seemed to me significant enough that I actually mentioned it in class today.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are not stuck in traffic. You are<\/em> Traffic.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a profound insight here. We tend to objectify our problems, even when they are other people, even when they are aspects of our own bodies or minds, instead of recognizing that our impulses are part of us, or that we ourselves are drivers contributing to the slow flow down this particular street or highway.<\/p>\n

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The blog Nouslife shared this slogan and it seemed to me significant enough that I actually mentioned it in class today. \u201cYou are not stuck in traffic. You are Traffic.\u201d There is a profound insight here. We tend to objectify our problems, even when they are other people, even when they are aspects of our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n"You Are Not Stuck In Traffic. You Are Traffic"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The blog Nouslife shared this slogan and it seemed to me significant enough that I actually mentioned it in class today."You are not stuck in traffic. 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