Of King Canute And The Supermoon

How a brilliant real estate developer can halt the incoming tides.

The story is that in the Middle Ages, Canute the Great, King of the North Sea Empire, famously commanded the rising tide to stay back, and sat on the ocean’s shore as the waves stubbornly roared in. The pop culture rendering of Canute’s tale has been used to point out the futility of facing off against the unyielding power of nature. No person can stop the tides.