I interpreted his comment as 'what seems so big when you're living somewhere, is most likely just noise when you look ay it frim a larger perspective'. In times

I interpreted his comment as 'what seems so big when you're living somewhere, is most likely just noise when you look ay it frim a larger perspective'. In times when I live away from the country I call 'home' (well I've only had 2 countries like that, it's not that I switch every few weeks), I find that I don't miss anything by not keeping up with the details of the news - on the contrary. And in fact, for reentry and reassimilation, it's more important to know what tv shows are popular in the home country than who is minister of foreign affairs.