"Remember, you're sitting in a chair, in the sky!"
A comedian's observation of the endowment effect (cf Kahneman and Tversky):
While I am of course in many respects also often guilty as charged, the fascination of flying doesn't seem to be wearing off. Spotting things from an airplane is great fun! Especially when I can see large geographic structures, or famous landmarks. Things that are usually only visible on a map or satellite images, such as the Lake of Constance and my Alma Mater when flying out of Zurich, or the Øresund including the Bridge, or Long Island... try spotting Stony Brook University when flying into JFK next time, it's relatively easy as the campus has a very distinct shape....
posted by Roland @ 23:23
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