If you're on a freeway and want to know if you're being followed, what you do is enormously vary your speed. You accelerate to 100 and slow down to 30 and then accelerate again. In a city, you make a lot of turns against the stream of traffic. You go around a roundabout twice.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that taking unpredictable actions can help one determine if they are being followed.
Salman Rushdie's quote illustrates the principle of using erratic behavior to test one's surroundings and discern whether someone is pursuing you. By varying your speed and direction significantly, you can gain insights into the intentions of those around you, as those who might be following will likely struggle to keep up with your sudden changes.
In practice
During a motivational talk about staying aware in your environment, you could use this quote to emphasize the importance of being alert.
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