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Once upon a time, back in the 60s, some MIT nerds took it upon themselves to “waste” valuable research computer time to compute the ideal route to ride the entire New York subway system. This is a pretty interesting look at how to coordinate a project to achieve a monumental feat purely for the point of achieving it. Sort of like Alex Roy’s 31 hour drive across the US.

Anyways, The Rise and Fall of the Amateur New York Subway Riding Committee.

I found this think through anarchaia, so I can’t take any credit for finding it. But I can take credit for pronouncing it to be awesome