Re: [FRIAM] I am not Unique

A little bit of internet research will do that to, as your post demonstrates. On Jun 25, 2023, at 12:59 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:  For me, there is at least a fifth reason to travel: to learn how other countries and cultures do things, usually better than we do in the U.S. For example: * Th

Re: [FRIAM] I am not Unique

For me, there is at least a fifth reason to travel:* to learn* how other countries and cultures do things, usually better than we do in the U.S. For example: - The use of cable cars in La Paz

Re: [FRIAM] I am not Unique

I can think of four different reasons to travel: To find new opportunities (for business), to learn about the different constraints that cultures impose by experiencing them, to enjoy pleasant physical locations, and for social conspicuous consumption reasons (for show). Some of them are at od

Re: [FRIAM] I am not Unique

Personally, I found that article was terrible. Maybe the New Yorker is the appropriate place as it reminds of many New Yorkers’ attitude about the rest of the world. I’ve spent over 50 years in travel (not tourism) in around 80 countries, lived in four, visited over 20 professionally, trekked

Re: [FRIAM] I am not Unique

Thanks, Russ. I posted that because I've been bugging certain Friam attendees about why they travel so much. I say there's no place that I'd rather be than Santa Fe so I tend to stay here. It's not that I haven't traveled. I remember being moved when I stood at the place where Thomas Becket was

Re: [FRIAM] I am not Unique

Goodhart's Law. On June 24, 2023 3:48:14 PM PDT, Russ Abbott wrote: >Frank, Thanks for the link. > >Agnes Callard, the author of the article, sneers at tourists who visit >Paris in order to visit the Louvre in order to see the Mona Lisa (and then >spend 45 seconds looking at it)--because that's w

Re: [FRIAM] I am not Unique

Frank, Thanks for the link. Agnes Callard, the author of the article, sneers at tourists who visit Paris in order to visit the Louvre in order to see the Mona Lisa (and then spend 45 seconds looking at it)--because that's what one does in Paris. But presumably, Callard would find it perfectly acce

[FRIAM] I am not Unique

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