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It sounds like you've made your mind up about how the world works and that's fine, but I think you'd be missing out on some great experiences by not doing at le

It sounds like you've made your mind up about how the world works and that's fine, but I think you'd be missing out on some great experiences by not doing at least a little travelling. I've also had several months off doing nothing but relax and I can tell you none of them were as productive (for ideas) as travelling was. Part of it is meeting people with different views on the world means they present you with unique problems you would never have thought of alone. Part of it is in the act of travelling itself - how could you improve certain aspects? Overall, it just opens your mind up to different ways of thinking, much like going to university does. I'd always recommend people to give it a try.

sown 13y ago
> It sounds like you've made your mind up about how the world works and that's fine, but I think you'd be missing out on some great experiences by not doing at least a little travelling. I have travelled but I don't see what great experience I was missing out on. Could you give some examples of yours so when I try it again I'll know what to look for? > I've also had several months off doing nothing but relax and I can tell you none of them were as productive (for ideas) as travelling was. That is worthwhile and I will note it for the future. Having been out of work for 3 months last year I can agree with that. > Part of it is meeting people with different views on the world means they present you with unique problems you would never have thought of alone. Ah, but that feels kind of like a work-problem to solve. An agreeable problem but it's the kind of thing I do often. Besides, it's not like people in that country don't have programmers and need some american to come save them.
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- malyk 13y ago
  > I have travelled but I don't see what great experience I was missing out on. Could you give some examples of yours so when I try it again I'll know what to look for? As an example, in 2011 I went to Europe for the first time; Spain and Italy. We went to Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Venice, Florence, Rome. How did we get between cities in each country? High speed rail. It wasn't as inexpensive as I thought it would be, but the experience was much much better than flying. Sure, the US is a lot larger and it might only work well in some places, but it opened my eyes to a different, more pleasant and more efficient (from the travelers perspective at least) than flying is. In Barcelona, we rode the subway a bunch. The stations we were in all had a clock on the wall that counted down from 5 minutes. Not once did a train not show up before that countdown got to zero. I'm generally happy with the frequency of service of BART during commuting hours, but there are frequent train breakdowns, track maintenance, etc. that totally screw things up. I'm sure there are issues in the Barcelona subway as well, but maybe there is something to be learned about the appeal and utility of public transit seeing how it's done in other countries. Just two relatively minor things that you could read about in a book but not truly appreciate until you've experienced them in person.

sown 13y ago

> It sounds like you've made your mind up about how the world works and that's fine, but I think you'd be missing out on some great experiences by not doing at least a little travelling. I have travelled but I don't see what great experience I was missing out on. Could you give some examples of yours so when I try it again I'll know what to look for? > I've also had several months off doing nothing but relax and I can tell you none of them were as productive (for ideas) as travelling was. That is worthwhile and I will note it for the future. Having been out of work for 3 months last year I can agree with that. > Part of it is meeting people with different views on the world means they present you with unique problems you would never have thought of alone. Ah, but that feels kind of like a work-problem to solve. An agreeable problem but it's the kind of thing I do often. Besides, it's not like people in that country don't have programmers and need some american to come save them.

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malyk 13y ago
> I have travelled but I don't see what great experience I was missing out on. Could you give some examples of yours so when I try it again I'll know what to look for? As an example, in 2011 I went to Europe for the first time; Spain and Italy. We went to Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Venice, Florence, Rome. How did we get between cities in each country? High speed rail. It wasn't as inexpensive as I thought it would be, but the experience was much much better than flying. Sure, the US is a lot larger and it might only work well in some places, but it opened my eyes to a different, more pleasant and more efficient (from the travelers perspective at least) than flying is. In Barcelona, we rode the subway a bunch. The stations we were in all had a clock on the wall that counted down from 5 minutes. Not once did a train not show up before that countdown got to zero. I'm generally happy with the frequency of service of BART during commuting hours, but there are frequent train breakdowns, track maintenance, etc. that totally screw things up. I'm sure there are issues in the Barcelona subway as well, but maybe there is something to be learned about the appeal and utility of public transit seeing how it's done in other countries. Just two relatively minor things that you could read about in a book but not truly appreciate until you've experienced them in person.