Flight vs. Invisibility

It should be noted that this was not my original idea, but was taken from John Hodgman's "This American Life", which is also where I got the last quote. It's very interesting, and I hope you all get a chance to read it. I will argue for invisibility. Invisibility is obviously the better superpower choice. Flight is only transportation. A method to get from point A to point B, maybe point C if your feeling adventurous. So what are the points? Your house? Wal-Mart? Work? All places you could easily reach in a car. Perhaps you feel like being more extreme, and want to travel the world. Here inlays a problem. It takes time to get there. I see you live in Chicago. Suppose you want to go to Madrid, Spain. That distance from you is about 4193 miles. The fastest a man has ever gone is around 1780 mph (46g's), and sustained injuries from those speeds. 12 g's is what a normal person without any preparation can withstand until blacking out from the blood rushing to their feet. But assuming you do go that fast, and don't knock yourself unconscious thus falling t a watery grave, it would take four hours to get from point A to point B. That is still time to be effected by weather. The air friction would cause massive burns. A sudden storm could throw you off and still kill you. You could even faint from sunstroke, as many sailors do who encounter the blaring sea sun for long periods of time. Slowing down would only increase the chances of these or other danger's harming you. No one wants that. So there's many variables that could kill you just from flying. But even if we ignore that, it still just comes down to transportation. You can't really save anyone from a burning building with that. Yes, you could get to the 6th floor or higher faster than a fireman on foot, but then you have to go into the building and find the victims. But also keep in mind you can't carry anyone. Your flight powers are only strong enough to carry you, and maybe some baggage, but not another person. o even if you got up there, and survived all the perils of a house on fire, you'd end up needing to walk down, exposing both you and the person you are trying to save to more dangers. So flights really only good for skipping past 5 o'clock traffic. So that's why flight is bad. Here's why invisibility is god. Invisibility is full of opportunities for personal gain. You know that one thing you really want but can't buy? Invisibility is any thief's dream. You could manage to take any car you want and they would never be able to track down who took it, because for all any camera can see, the car drove off by itself. You could go into a store near closing time and cloak yourself, then when nobody is in, have a little shopping spree. You might say these are unethical, but think about it: why do you spend the time saving up paper when the object you desire is right there, not restrained by anything accept your own will? The only reason you don't take it is because you are scared of the repercussions. If you are caught you'll be caught and sent to jail. But now you are not restricted by anything. You can't be caught. There is no downside. The world is yours. You can sneak into movies. You could blackmail corporations. If you wanted to go on that trip to Madrid you could stow away on an airplane, maybe even sit in first class. Once your on, nobody care's how you got there. You could live the dream every human desires: a world without responsibility. The only reason you look down on it now is because you've been taught it is unattainable, and that the consequences outweigh the possibilities. But now the consequences are gone, and the possibilities are endless. You know in your heart that you would jump on that opportunity, even if you would not admit it freely. So, my main point is that with flight, the world is yours to travel, but with invisibility, the world is yours to take.