tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post4427936044029466892..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: Amelia Earhart and the complexity problemKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-17184040197095337562009-11-15T21:13:30.112-05:002009-11-15T21:13:30.112-05:00"There are many theories about what brought E..."There are many theories about what brought Earhart's flight to an end somewhere over the Pacific Ocean"<br /><br />Another reason was that she was apparently a crappy pilot (had crashed several times before) but was photogenic, a darling of the camera. She was a truly "modern" women - quite directionless in her life, waiting for an opportunity to appear - and that opportunity, which she grabbed with both hands was to become a celebrity through becoming a pilot. No matter how bad she was at actually flying airplanes...<br /><br />In former times, you didn't have the luxury of waiting around for an opportunity to do something with your life, so she was also a precursor to modern life/attitudes. This increasingly large "window of opportunity" (your big break might be right around the corner - why bind yourself down already today?) - a period of youth stretching out for years and perhaps even a decade or more - might come to an end with the end of affluence and choice that high-energy society has given us...<br /><br />This line of thinking about Earhart borrows heavily from a book by brilliant but eccentric Swedish sociologist Johan Asplund (has for example forbidden his works to be translated during his lifetime)<br /><br />There are perhaps some connections between my ramblings above and my text "Energy free of charge"; http://life-after-oil.blogspot.com/2009/10/energy-free-of-charge.htmlLife after oilhttp://life-after-oil.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com