Field Notes
One Foot Per Nanosecond
Light travels roughly one foot in a nanosecond. My father taught me that on a lawn chair, and it never left me — it became the ruler I measure every system against.
By Founder
My father used to say it while we sat outside at night: one foot, one nanosecond. Light doesn’t wait for anyone, and neither does the distance between a decision and its consequence.
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