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John Adams

John Adams is professor of geography at University College London. He is author of the OECD report, The Social Implications of Hypermobility. This essay was part of a celebration of Mayer Hillman's visionary contribution to Britain's transport debate. Ahead of Time: birthday letters to Mayer Hillman, edited by Robert Hutchison, is published by the Policy Studies Institute (2001).

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A letter from the future

Restless movement was to be an instrument of freedom and social advance. In an email to mayer.hillman@victorymansions.airstrip.one, a critic of “hypermobility” argues the opposite: travelling more and further, we know and understand less.

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