DE Weekly: Traffic, Taoism, & the Illusion of Control

Imagine you leave for work one morning, hop in your car, and take your usual route, only this time, you end up in a standstill traffic jam. The cars ahead of you are not moving, the cars behind you are not moving, and you are not moving.

You try switching lanes: the other lanes move no faster. You try searching the horizon for the cause of the slowdown: you cannot see anything.