If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Albert & Alberta discuss
Delightfully poetic, though strictly speaking, yearning for the horizon never caulked a hull or calculated buoyancy.
True, but nobody ever spent months sawing damp timber just for the sheer architectural thrill of a wooden ribcage either, Albert.
I suppose not. We start with the thermodynamic struggle of cutting planks, yet the whole enterprise collapses without an imaginary vector pointing toward open water.
Exactly. Good design isn't just specifying the bolts; it's giving people a reason to endure the splinters.
A fair compromise. I shall provide the ballast calculations, provided you ensure everyone remembers why we fancy leaving the harbour.