In our present technological era, humans have also needed a new framework to avoid drowning in the daily firehose of entertainment, media, and information. Given this setting of increasing complexity, it becomes more appealing to use an associative concept like “vibes” as a simplifying framework for understanding or self-expression. If we can’t... See more

When the traveler wants a big experience, he goes to a big city to see big things. But when he wants an “ authentic” experience, he must eschew the most well-trodden places, possibly the cities themselves, to find it. He must seek out places that have not yet been touched by “tourism”, he must find the people and places that still have remoteness —... See more

And here we arrive, at ‘awe fatigue’, the final pathetic consequence of our rabid digital voyeurism. As destinations increase in popularity and algorithms flood with identical copies of content, visitors' genuine experiences become distorted, and the very concept of awe becomes an ever distant dream. Despite multiple studies showing that the... See more