{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Dear Mr. Jefferson, Congratulations on your surveying system! The ability to readily describe land by reference to lines of...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/150423945203/", "html": "<p>Dear Mr. Jefferson,</p><p>Congratulations on your <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System\" target=\"_blank\">surveying system</a>! The ability to readily describe land by reference to lines of latitude and longitude is a big step towards realizing your dream of a smallholder republic where land ownership is widely distributed in numerous small plots!</p><p>However, have you noticed you\u2019ve effectively condemned everyone driving west in the afternoon to stare straight into the goddamned sun?<br/></p>"}