Gravity is so overrated, is it not?

I'm Antelope Duckworth.

I'm Stephen Dubner.

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, how can you get the most out of your flying experience?

When you're on an airplane, you behave airplane.

Even we have an email from a Stephen, but not you.

We have an email from someone who's not you, but also named Stephen.

And here it is.

Stephen and Angela, do travelers get any actual work done in airports or on airplanes?

Based on my limited observations in airports, they don't.

So why do they pretend?

I understand this is probably hard to accurately measure, but just look around next time you're

at the airport.

I drafted this on a Friday while sitting at the Boston Logan International Airport

lounge near three people watching shows on their iPads, playing on their phones, and

quote, unquote, working on their laptop.

Whatever they were doing looked highly unproductive and pointless.

Maybe this is just how corporate America works and I'm too naive.

It almost looked like they were peacocking, showing off how important they were by working

at the airport.

Mm-hmm.

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