With the river in my area, it is the undertow that is so dangerous. The top of the river looks calm and swimmers have gone in to be pulled under the water by an unseen and powerful cross-current. Local mothers also urgently warn their children of the river's dangers, but sometimes kids will swim it anyway, and we have had fatalities. The complexity of the river is a good metaphor for our times. Good article.
With the river in my area, it is the undertow that is so dangerous. The top of the river looks calm and swimmers have gone in to be pulled under the water by an unseen and powerful cross-current. Local mothers also urgently warn their children of the river's dangers, but sometimes kids will swim it anyway, and we have had fatalities. The complexity of the river is a good metaphor for our times. Good article.
Totally agree.