No Matter How Rich You Are, You Can’t Own the Sea

Staring down the barrel of human-driven climate change, an astronomical cost of living, and a poor economic outlook, most people recognize that they are far closer in life to desperate refugees than they are to the politicians, war profiteers, and rapacious capitalists who create them.

In a world where shipwrecks abound, why are we so obsessed with the Titan and the Titanic ? It’s a combination of panache, prestige, and that classically Greek concept of hubris. Important people went down with both vessels: millionaires, royalty, business tycoons. The splendor of the Titanic ’s Grand Staircase has been rendered in countless painti