JetUNsetter

I guess this post is a common ground for most of us. There is so much pain in the world. So many inexplicable, unfortunate and terrible ways people die or get hurt. The sea itself has swallowed so many people – marines, sailors, immigrants. And yet some people would pay anything for a thrill. Immigrants pay their last savings to cross a sea, accepting to die en route to a better future. Billionaires these days pay a ridiculous amount (for their standards almost pity cash) accepting they will just die. No better future. Just an experience. And this is not even about choosing the way to concur the inevitable. This is not believing it is inevitable…

It’s not just the Titan. It’s all these extreme sports, weird games and careless sex. What is the motive? Boredom? Vanity? Narcissism? FOMO?

We pay for an experience risking too much. In a skydiving for instance the camera did not work. The guys running the dive said afterwards “at least it was just the camera”… We just never believe it’s going to be us. Carelessness and a quick calculation of the odds and boom! You are off but potentially also out…

It is a matter of regulation? Can the law save us from our vanity? Can the law discontinue the appetite for risk and thrill and all? Should the law even be bothered? Or actually this question already has an answer: the guys (I think there was no woman if that says anything) onboard the Titan allegedly signed the paperwork to waive any legal claims. They said yes to the probability of death and no to any protection…

On the other hand, should we just stay safe all the time? How is life to be enjoyed if there is no stepping out the comfort zone? Were the Titan clients a little too complacent because their approach to risk has actually served them well financially? This could be a sign we need to revisit financial success through risk to begin with and reward other attitudes…

I wish those onboard the Titan are found safe. I wish you could help me make sense of this one too….