Saints of Imperfection

Aged in whiskey barrels, Apothic has come up with a special “Inferno” blend that most certainly would make Buffy smile. Pan frying some potato gnocchi with mozzarella and basil on my nuclear-powered stove, I was equally thrilled to see the latest report from the Breakthrough Institute with “cases studies in universal electrification” as it is spot on for the paper I am working on for the ISA conference in Accra.

Meanwhile, most of the world’s airlines have grounded their Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircrafts in response to Sunday’s crash in Addis Ababa. Until the causes behind that crash as well as the one in Indonesia back in October have been fully understood, it seems like the only possible response. With two MAX flights behind me and two more booked for the summer, it feels especially good to know that a thorough investigation is underway. Still, it is worth remembering how safe modern aviation actually is. The fact that more than four billion people could travel by air in 2017 without the loss of a single life is an incredible achievement and a powerful argument against those who distrust large-scale technological systems and only see human imperfection.