The Tourist and the Pilgrim
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The Tourist and the Pilgrim
There are certain aboriginal tribes who get disturbed if you take a photograph of them. They’d say something like, “don’t do that, our souls are trapped in there.” The fear is that the picture imprisons the essence of the subject. Once you look at a picture of yourself, you might slip into “looking at being,” instead of “living through becoming”—yo
... See moreAnd this linear movement of time is nature’s way of testing what we have labeled as meaningful. Only time can reveal whether a certain pursuit is driven by fleeting novelty, or if it is motivated by a strong sense of enduring purpose.
Lawrence Yeo • Travel Is No Cure for the Mind
“Where is this?,” implying another question: How can I get there, too? A certain ambivalence has always been a part of travel, knowing you’re a tourist but also craving direct contact with a different place. Yet algorithmic recommendations have automated that process of word of mouth and turned tourism into a conveyor belt that intrudes much deeper
... See moreKyle Chayka • Filterworld
Il n’y avait rien à répondre, alors je n’avais rien répondu, je ne savais de toute façon pas quoi dire à quelqu’un qui ne faisait pas la différence entre un voyage effectué pas après pas et un autre où on se téléporte avec des appareils à moteur. L’un permet une longue présence jusqu’à une violente révélation, l’autre permet seulement de prendre de
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