The one thing you can’t escape in your life is yourself. Anyone who’s traveled long enough knows this. It’s eventually clear we carry with us on the road more baggage than just our suitcase and our backpacks. Emerson, who in his own life traveled to England and Italy and France and Malta and Switzerland (as well as extensively across America),

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I know that travel is valuable because most knowledge can’t be written down. The most crucial info about a society is how it feels to be there—the rhythms of street life, where and when people eat meals, how gender works. You can read a million things about Japan without knowing the bodily experience of walking around in a truly high-trust society,... See more

From Research To Connections: Finding originality and alternative culture requires a new research method, or overall approach. This insight is something I’ve been pondering over for a while now due to my goal of sharing original and thought-provoking ideas with you. But it’s become even more apparent as I researched places to explore, dine at, and... See more