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> Is there something extra precious about where the water meets the land? Absolutely. Maybe not tangibly precious, but anyone whose ever stood on a beach and l
by stronglikedan 7y ago
> Is there something extra precious about where the water meets the land?
Absolutely. Maybe not tangibly precious, but anyone whose ever stood on a beach and looked out over the ocean knows that there's definitely something special about it.
- ggreer 7y agoIs this not also true of many mountaintops, waterfalls, and canyons? Yet we allow private ownership of those.
- beerandt 7y agoThere's a theory that we're hardwired to be drawn to shoreline, as accessing the resources of tidal zones would have been a definite competitive advantage for our ancestors. Our natural obsession with tracking the moon also plays into this, as a way of predicting when tidal conditions are best to forage/fish/etc. It's analogous to the theory where marathon hunting contributed to our physical endurance, brain power and predictive abilities, upright running, sweating, etc. Both theories attempt to explain the general sense of pleasure we get from visiting the beach and long distance running, respectively.