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Episode 52: Thunk Thunk Thunk

The racetrack ride at Disney – The Speedway to Tomorrowland – is shockingly real to a kid. Bright popping colorful cars, twisty tracks, revving engines, low leather bucket seats and nobby rubber steering wheels all feel so real. But it’s the actual ride that eventually brings deeper meaning to the concept of “real.”

We steer our cars too hard to the left and… THUNK… we hit the guardrail at the center designed to keep our ride on the track. We react by over-correcting to the right and… THUNK… we hit the guardrail at the center and are forced back on to the course laid out for us. And on and on…

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