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You're just scratching the surface of said amazing planet, you're not experiencing anything of value that you couldn't have experienced back home. There's a rea
by paganel 2y ago
You're just scratching the surface of said amazing planet, you're not experiencing anything of value that you couldn't have experienced back home. There's a real good essay on the emptiness of tourism written by Siegfried Kracauer back in the 1930s, just as mass tourism was beginning to take off, Travel and Dance [1] is called, it is still highly relevant almost 100 years later.
[1] English version from a spammy website here: https://www.academia.edu/25240089/Siegfried_Kracauer_Travel_and_Dance_ https://www.academia.edu/25240089/Siegfried_Kracauer_Travel_... , Spanish version from a real website here: https://antroposmoderno.com/antro-version-imprimir.php?id_articulo=503 https://antroposmoderno.com/antro-version-imprimir.php?id_ar...
- pcdoodle 2y agoI agree with both of you. I've felt both ways on the subject and have been extremely lucky while traveling but also have witnessed the hollowness.
- Tainnor 2y agoI see we still haven't stopped telling other people what they're supposed to enjoy or not.
- Tepix 2y ago> you're not experiencing anything of value that you couldn't have experienced back home That's an incredibly arrogant view of the world and doesn't match my experience. But you need time. In particular when you experience the world by sailboat, you get a glimpse of its true size.