Moving trains and the meaning of life

Some people try to avoid sitting backwards on trains, and they find it worth wandering for a few minutes between the cars in search of an empty seat facing in the direction of their destination, and preferably, next to a window. These people likely experience the sensation of moving forward as a kind of relief, almost always provoking a deep breath at the moment when the brakes release. Since the smoothness of steel on steel makes for a slow friction that builds, certain kinds of people have pl

Some people try to avoid sitting backwards on trains, and they find it worth wandering for a few minutes between the cars in search of an empty seat facing in the direction of their destination, and preferably, next to a window. These people likely experience the sensation of moving forward as a kind of relief, almost always provoking a deep breath at the moment when the brakes release. Since the smoothness of steel on steel makes for a slow friction that builds, certain kinds of people have pl…