Corporate aviation is a very different place than Part 121.
It is cool to see the author point out that the Part 121 world has largely insulated itself from the "corrosion" of the normalization of deviance. (And that acknowledgement coming from people like us who chafe under the structure and rigidity of 121, but still give a shit about actual risk mitigation.)
The topic is interesting since the "dark ages" mentality of so much of corporate aviation is worth exploring as what stunts its growth, innovation, etc. (And I'd extend that to Part 135 too.)
The essay you read might have been by Yanis Varoufakis. (Former Greek finance minister.) The aboriginal peoples of the world .... had everything they needed, so tend not to invade for "more." To answer the question, "why" maybe a bit deeper view is worthwhile.
An alternative way to look at it could be Yanis Varoufakis passage:
"Debt, money, faith and state all go hand in hand. Without debt there is no easy way to manage agricultural surplus. As debt appeared, money flourished. But for money to have value, an institution, the state, had to make it trustworthy. When we talk about the economy, this is what we are talking about: the complex relations that emerge in a society with a surplus."
as an afrobeat devotee... who worshipped James Brown as a child... I would say 'f--k yeah' ... much later I learned that Fela Kuti hosted JB in Lagos... who knew? but it all makes sense if you listen to the music
don't rush - as someone who works commercially as a pilot, I can tell you this: important to keep the mix of the creative, curious and fold that into the flying - if you have an science engineering or creative background, find a way to make the flying thing interdisciplinary
this is a good compliment to Stick and Rudder: https://www.amazon.com/Compleat-Taildragger-Pilot-Harvey-Plo... if you are interested in getting into actual "stick and rudder" flying - tailwheel flying (while a bit of a dying art) is kind of key for all test, aerobatic, bush, and most "fun" types of flying where your "involved" with the machine