There's still the disturbing contradiction that the only bounty hunter that is good enough to find Han on some desert rock in the middle of nowhere is also the guy that can't hit a person sitting down two feet away from him. He must have had one of those stormtrooper blasters.
It will change most people's perspectives, though.
Granted, not all over the world. I'm sure those hungry, homeless, oppressed, angry, dying people will not have their world view affected too much.
However, those of us in the world who can spare time to think of things other than survival should be profoundly affected. Imagine walking down the street at night, and having that nagging feeling that you know that somewhere up there there might be someone looking back at you. What do they look like? Will we ever meet them? How do they think? What do they know we don't? etc...
Of course, that will probably only affect our generation, or a couple more. With the lag in communication between us, there will be very little new news to keep the curiosity alive. Still, whatever we do now as a reaction to the news will probably affect us a long time down the road, since it will be something so unexpected and something for which we are so unprepared it's bound to leave a scar.
I don't know, budget airlines are certainly very, very popular. And even with the hassle that flying is today, a lot more people are flying than every before, especially than during the 60's.
Seems a little extreme to think that this is some government conspiracy (especially with the lobbying the airline has in the government, and slashdotters seem to think that everyone in washington can actually have the cohesion to create a large conspiracy like this one). Nah, this is just the airline industry responding (very clumsily) to new demands. People travel a lot more, they aren't are as willing to be born and die in the same town, families are more widespread, etc.
Seems most people just want to get there cheaply, and don't care how they fly (I know I don't). If you still want style, there's always first-class.
Question. You drive for business travel?? You must self-employed, because business travel as I've experienced it is the need to cross the country in one day, work wherever you were sent ent the following day, then return that same night so you can report back in morning. Can't imagine driving from Chicago to San Fran everytime you need to visit a client.
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There's still the disturbing contradiction that the only bounty hunter that is good enough to find Han on some desert rock in the middle of nowhere is also the guy that can't hit a person sitting down two feet away from him. He must have had one of those stormtrooper blasters.
It will change most people's perspectives, though.
Granted, not all over the world. I'm sure those hungry, homeless, oppressed, angry, dying people will not have their world view affected too much.
However, those of us in the world who can spare time to think of things other than survival should be profoundly affected. Imagine walking down the street at night, and having that nagging feeling that you know that somewhere up there there might be someone looking back at you. What do they look like? Will we ever meet them? How do they think? What do they know we don't? etc...
Of course, that will probably only affect our generation, or a couple more. With the lag in communication between us, there will be very little new news to keep the curiosity alive. Still, whatever we do now as a reaction to the news will probably affect us a long time down the road, since it will be something so unexpected and something for which we are so unprepared it's bound to leave a scar.
I don't know, budget airlines are certainly very, very popular. And even with the hassle that flying is today, a lot more people are flying than every before, especially than during the 60's.
Seems a little extreme to think that this is some government conspiracy (especially with the lobbying the airline has in the government, and slashdotters seem to think that everyone in washington can actually have the cohesion to create a large conspiracy like this one). Nah, this is just the airline industry responding (very clumsily) to new demands. People travel a lot more, they aren't are as willing to be born and die in the same town, families are more widespread, etc.
Seems most people just want to get there cheaply, and don't care how they fly (I know I don't). If you still want style, there's always first-class.
Question. You drive for business travel?? You must self-employed, because business travel as I've experienced it is the need to cross the country in one day, work wherever you were sent ent the following day, then return that same night so you can report back in morning. Can't imagine driving from Chicago to San Fran everytime you need to visit a client.