I usually don't really do much during takeoff and landing. The thrill of an aircraft's takeoff and landing may wear for some, but it pretty much never does for me. I just stare out the window (if I'm lucky) observing the spoilerons deploy and close, and those flaps deploy and retract. I love hearing that slight loss of engine power for climb after takeoff to prevent overspeed.
Cruise is pretty boring, but when I'm somewhere over Nevada or any picturesque area, I put my S7 to sleep and just watch the beautiful scenery.
The pragmatist in me is saying, "Yay, now I and everyone else can work round-flight!"
The Transcendentalist in me is saying, "How I wish others could see the beauty of a mass of metal rising to the heavens, and all that we can see below from above..."
Transcendentalist: You need to take some flying lessons. Seriously. I recommend helicopters. R22s and R44s have wide-open canopies with a magical view. If it's summer and warm, take the right-hand (pilot side) door off (you won't fall out, don't worry). Nothing you can see out of the cramped windows of a commercial cattle-class airliner comes close.
I have a message for the Transcendentalist: most of us would love to enjoy that beauty, but having no leg space or access to a window kind of hamper us ;)
Are you joking? Or are you not in touch with what constitutes "expensive" for most Americans? My recent coach-class round trip from Kentucky to Washington state and back cost $500. That's expensive. I looked into business class for the same trip, and it was about twice as expensive. Didn't even bother looking at first.
Yeah, but I don't think preventing people from using electronics is really helping in making them see the beauty in the engineering feat. Though I can definitively relate to that feeling.
I am studying philosphy on my own and I thought transcendentalism meant something else: that all people are inherently good and social structures takes that away.
Bright Romanticism also deals with the appreciation of nature and natural living. Thoreau, Whitman, and Emerson emphasized natural beauty and individualism, although the belief in an innate morality is also true.
I think it's different if you learn about the Transcendentalists through a literary medium, rather than a philosophical medium. The literary emphasizes every aspect of the works, while philosophical texts emphasize the more metaphysical and abstract concepts that one can receive from deeper understanding into the initial takeaway.
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I usually don't really do much during takeoff and landing. The thrill of an aircraft's takeoff and landing may wear for some, but it pretty much never does for me. I just stare out the window (if I'm lucky) observing the spoilerons deploy and close, and those flaps deploy and retract. I love hearing that slight loss of engine power for climb after takeoff to prevent overspeed.
Cruise is pretty boring, but when I'm somewhere over Nevada or any picturesque area, I put my S7 to sleep and just watch the beautiful scenery.
The pragmatist in me is saying, "Yay, now I and everyone else can work round-flight!"
The Transcendentalist in me is saying, "How I wish others could see the beauty of a mass of metal rising to the heavens, and all that we can see below from above..."
Transcendentalist: You need to take some flying lessons. Seriously. I recommend helicopters. R22s and R44s have wide-open canopies with a magical view. If it's summer and warm, take the right-hand (pilot side) door off (you won't fall out, don't worry). Nothing you can see out of the cramped windows of a commercial cattle-class airliner comes close.
I have a message for the Transcendentalist: most of us would love to enjoy that beauty, but having no leg space or access to a window kind of hamper us ;)
First class is not that expensive anymore.
Are you joking? Or are you not in touch with what constitutes "expensive" for most Americans? My recent coach-class round trip from Kentucky to Washington state and back cost $500. That's expensive. I looked into business class for the same trip, and it was about twice as expensive. Didn't even bother looking at first.
Well, FWIW AirTran used to offer <$60 business class upgrades. Not sure if they still do.
Yeah, but I don't think preventing people from using electronics is really helping in making them see the beauty in the engineering feat. Though I can definitively relate to that feeling.
I am studying philosphy on my own and I thought transcendentalism meant something else: that all people are inherently good and social structures takes that away.
Bright Romanticism also deals with the appreciation of nature and natural living. Thoreau, Whitman, and Emerson emphasized natural beauty and individualism, although the belief in an innate morality is also true.
I think it's different if you learn about the Transcendentalists through a literary medium, rather than a philosophical medium. The literary emphasizes every aspect of the works, while philosophical texts emphasize the more metaphysical and abstract concepts that one can receive from deeper understanding into the initial takeaway.
Thanks for the explanation.