Air.
Humans can generally survive for three weeks without food.
Three days without water.
Three minutes without air.
The significance of air to the continuation of our lives is astonishing. And yet, in today’s world, the amount of time that most people spend thinking about this element probably doesn’t even surpass the amount of time that we’d survive without it.
Centuries ago, the classical element of air was viewed as a universal power—a pure substance. The sheer importance of air to life on this planet has even been rooted in the English language. The words spirit, inspire, expire, and aspire are all derived from t