jbq wrote fantastic essay on a similar topic, Dizzying but Invisible Depth [1]. There was also an HN discussion at the time [2]. [1]: The original was posted o

jbq wrote fantastic essay on a similar topic, Dizzying but Invisible Depth [1]. There was also an HN discussion at the time [2]. [1]: The original was posted on Google+ and is, of course, long-since gone. Wayback machine also doesn't seem to have captured it, but I found https://josh.works/dizzying-but-invisible-depth https://josh.works/dizzying-but-invisible-depth, which matches what I remember. [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3115951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3115951