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it's been a while. so what have i been up to? who cares?


hey, plane. quit trying to be a boat. you're a plane.

I have a fear of flying. i do it at least once a month, but i'm still terrified every time. never get used to it. Malcolm Gladwell has a section in his new book where he uses plane crash statistics to explore the role of cultural indoctrination in work ethic, work protocol... just behavior in work in general, i guess and how that affects success rate, failure rate, etc. he basically says that people who are culturally prone to being idiots are more likely to crash planes. and that if you come from a culture that encourages you to not prevent plane crashes, then you are more likely to crash planes. he also says that if you come from a culture that teaches you not to say anything when you see that the plane you are co-piloting is about to crash, then the liklihood of a plane that you are co-piloting will crash is pretty high. i think that's what he said. i summarize as i read so that's what i remember. but this dude who crashed this plane into the hudson river was smart. or something. because he crashed it nicely. and no one died. so what can we deduce from this incident? the pilot was american, so we can safely assume that americans (and those who subscribe to american culture) are more inclined to crash planes well.

i'm so smart.