Running down antelope
The uniqueness of human persistence
4 min readNov 13, 2022
A human can chase down an antelope, which can run 60 mph.
In a town of 2000 people somewhere deep in Louisiana, I’m listening to people tell stories for a radio show called This American Life. I toss a trash bag in a dumpster behind my family’s convenience store. I just finished an 8-hour shift, it’s 10 pm, and I have school tomorrow.
