Taking Off
“I had been lost in thought. (If Mr. MacPherson were here, he would ask me why I use that expression. In this case, I could tell him that I have often marveled at how apt it is as a description of my state when I am thinking in the experimental mode. I begin somewhere, with an idea or a question, and from that starting point I begin to wander. I go where my thoughts take me, and that is why Albertine has decided that I should no longer drive unless she is with me to bring me, when necessary, bac...k from the distant place to which my thoughts have flown into the immediate context through which the car is hurtling. Sometimes she gives me a nudge to bring me back; sometimes she screams.) She was looking over my shoulder. I was looking at my computer screen.
“What’s that?” she asked.
“It’s Pinch-a-Penny, the People’s Plane,” I said.
“Ah. The People’s Plane.”
“Anyone can fly it. You don’t need a license. It democratizes flight.”
“Anarchizes flight, you mean. Driving is bad enough, but just imagine ‘anyone’ getting into one of these things and whizzing around without training, tutelage, examination, or certification.”MoreLess
“What’s that?” she asked.
“It’s Pinch-a-Penny, the People’s Plane,” I said.
“Ah. The People’s Plane.”
“Anyone can fly it. You don’t need a license. It democratizes flight.”
“Anarchizes flight, you mean. Driving is bad enough, but just imagine ‘anyone’ getting into one of these things and whizzing around without training, tutelage, examination, or certification.”MoreLess
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