{"id":14325,"date":"2026-10-23T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=14325"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:49:13","slug":"man-vs-plane-manufactured-spend-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/man-vs-plane-manufactured-spend-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Man-Vs-Plane: Manufactured Spend Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yougov.com\/en-us\/daily-results\/20230102-fd798-3\">Apparently about half of American <em>males<\/em> are pretty sure they could land a jetliner if the pilots onboard were incapacitated<\/a>, while many simulations <a href=\"https:\/\/wefly.aero\/blog\/1-in-3-americans-think-they-could-land-a-plane\">like one summarized here show that the numbers are definitely lower<\/a>. Private pilots have a decent shot though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes in manufactured spend, there are opportunities only available if you commit to spending a lot in a short period, and then commit to doing it again and again because #degenlife. When an opportunity like that presents itself, I suggest you think about the opener and ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Am I a jetliner pilot?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Am I a private pilot?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If I\u2019m not, how overconfident am I, and is there someone around to help me learn?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reach to grow, but only to the extent that it&#8217;s feasible. Really, I\u2019m suggesting you consider whether your bravado is bigger than your capability before committing to lofty thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a nice day, friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8038b9b9-336f-4e7b-829c-f9636d083045-56456-0000121e3ee0bb8b_file-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8038b9b9-336f-4e7b-829c-f9636d083045-56456-0000121e3ee0bb8b_file-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8038b9b9-336f-4e7b-829c-f9636d083045-56456-0000121e3ee0bb8b_file.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Sometimes that unchecked bravado is right though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently about half of American males are pretty sure they could land a jetliner if the pilots onboard were incapacitated, while many simulations like one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wisdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14325"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14474,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14325\/revisions\/14474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}