National Geographic was an amazing publication when cultures were distant, travel was not as easy, areas of the world were still 'remote', and there was no inte

National Geographic was an amazing publication when cultures were distant, travel was not as easy, areas of the world were still 'remote', and there was no internet. Where else could you see photographs of tribes in New Guinea, or an expedition to the North Pole, or elusive savannah animals? Once everything was 'discovered' and conglomerated into wikipedia and YouTube, there was no content left for National Geographic. They started writing articles about science news, no different than Popular Science magazine. Then the political era started, and every issue was polarizingly politicized. I have had a subscription for decades, and I can honestly say I stopped even opening the magazine years ago. The kids just cut pictures out of it for art projects.