Thursday, September 05, 2002

Posting from 37,000 feet, on the way to Atlanta. It's nearly heaven - a first class seat, some middling wine, and a laptop for writing. Give me a net connection and I'd fly around the world. The plane is really empty. The few passengers here are already starting to talk about 9-11. Wait till Monday... 3:28:32 PM

Flying to KY today. Flying back on September 10th, I might add. I almost booked the return for 9-11, just for the "see, you can't intimidate me" factor. Turns out I needed to get back for a business meeting on the 11th - how droll we've become again, and how quickly. Dave had some great things to say about the one year anniversary of 9-11-01. I particularly liked "...So what was the lesson of 9-11 that the US has failed to learn? I think it's that God doesn't think we're as important as we do." I truly believe that. We won't mature as a species until we stop believing that we're at the center of the universe. That's "we" as in a person, a nation, and a species. The universe, and the time it's been around, is a very, very big vector. I'm just trying to enjoy and be proud of my too-few coordinates in it. 9:38:21 AM

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