I’m such a fan of Dave Eggers. I can’t say I’ve read everything he’s published, but I can say I hang on every word of his I read. He’s quite right that the thr

I’m such a fan of Dave Eggers. I can’t say I’ve read everything he’s published, but I can say I hang on every word of his I read. He’s quite right that the thrill of flight has left our collective imagination, but he didn’t go on to speculate as to why that is. I suspect if drugs, traversing the tubes, or some combination of them can provide enough thrill from an arm chair, perhaps there is nothing incrementally gained by leaving the ground. Perhaps we are content to have drones as a proxy. Or maybe the cost and carnage factors haven’t come within reason. In any case, this woke something up in me, as Dave usually manages to do.