9/7/21 Addendum

I guess there was a pretty big earthquake today in Acapulco. I appreciate that many of you have checked in, but Acapulco is like 600 miles away and I am totally fine. This seems like a good time to note that Mexico is way bigger than you think. This is partly because of the way maps are distorted, and partly because I don’t think brains are very good at conceptualizing unfamiliar distances. Sometimes I think I can travel to one of the nearby states over the weekend and then I find out it’s ten hours away. Similarly, everyone here assumes that Milwaukee is just a short drive away from Canada.