airplanes

airplanes v cars

cars are far more deadly than airplanes but we still fear driving less than we do flying. a reason that i often hear is that we are not in control when we fly but i am not sure being killed by someone else is less terrifying that being killed by a decision you make yourself. i think it might be an instinctual reaction against something very unnatural. human are not supposed to fly and when you think about it a planes is many thousands of pounds of metal being held in the air only because it is traveling hundreds of miles an hour. at least a steal ship in the middle of the ocean can remain afloat when it sits still. maybe its the prospect of being killed in mass. when a plane goes down hundreds go down with it. however, a bus carries large quantities of people and those go down as well.

with an airplane and the right resources there is nowhere on the planet you can't reach within a day. this only became a reality within the last 30 years. thats an amazing reality when you consider how many empires, nations and wars were built and fought around the ability to clear a mountain range or cross an ocean.