Shortly after posting about connecting airport security to human contact I read Chris Corrigan’s latest: Plane gripped by fear. He gets the impression that the suits on his plane in Canada appeared to be living in fear. I haven’t had that impression so much in Europe, but I might pay more attention next time I fly.

Grit before pearls
Ben Schott has a go at the paradoxical blandness of supposedly disruptive startups: Welcome to your bland new world. It’s easy to get stuck in