Imagine for a moment that we’re all at the top of a craggy mountain, and there is a winter storm coming. Dark clouds gather and threaten to dump tons of wet, heavy snow on the peak, potentially setting off an avalanche. We have to get down to the bottom before the sky unleashes its fury. Some people might ski down; others might snowboard or parasail or hike or sled or ride a toboggan or take a chairlift or commission a helicopter. If you are on a pair of rental skis, you might think helicopter people aren’t your people, but we are all just trying to get down the damn mountain without getting
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