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> “The idea is to think about that moment back in the day when we would get on a flight and just read, watch movies or talk to the person next to you,” Morenste
by dpark 8y ago
> “The idea is to think about that moment back in the day when we would get on a flight and just read, watch movies or talk to the person next to you,” Morenstein says. “There was a time when you were disconnected and all you could do is be in the moment.”
Wow. The rose colored glasses here are pretty ridiculous. “All you could do is be in the moment”, by reading a book, watching a movie, or doing literally anything other than focusing on the actual moment of being stuck inside a cramped metal tube. Air travel is one of the least mindful activities we engage in, and has been for decades. Finding nostalgia here is just bizarre. No one who actually flies in a passenger jet is nostalgic for the experience.
- betenoire 8y agoDon't say no one. I am. I used to enjoy meeting people while traveling, learning where they are going where they came from. The anonymity of it all somehow shut off the normal anxiety and panic I get from have to converse with others. Now it's all earbuds. So I nap :/
- dpark 8y agoIt was earbuds before smartphones with airplane mode. I distinctly recall carrying headphones on the plane in 2002 with that moronic split minijack that the airplanes used so they could try to charge you for their crappy headphones for the movie. I was not the only one. It probably is more prevalent now but it was present decades ago. And being “disconnected” (aka bored) has sucked since air travel became a commodity instead of an experience.