He ridiculed anyone who told him he should, taking it as evidence that he was disrupting an industry.
There is something slightly romantic about dying in such a way that his body turned to mist and floated away in the current. A bit like having your ashes spread at sea. With fewer steps.
if he was alone i would absolutely agree with you full stop.
but it looks like they may have been entirely underselling just how backyard amateur their company was just to get people to give them money.
i totally adore books and documentaries and tales of explorer types pushing their ideas to the limit but it quickly crosses a line when they:
a) downplay dangers to innocent people, and
b) refuse to understand their own ignorance and believe the people who have already literally done their idea are somehow “fools”
the person who is trying to “disrupt” but doesn’t have a deep understanding of the often very good reasons why an industry may do things a certain way is the fool. not the ones who already repeatedly make it work.
we need to encourage adventurousness but also wisdom.
