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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:23:48 +0000

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By: Carlo Alcos

Carlo Alcos — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:39:10 +0000

Nice article Turner. Re #3, read Flat Earth News by Nick Davies to get some insight as to why this is.

Technology can be a burden or a boon of course, depending how you use it. Look how easy online shopping has made travel. You can research, plan, and book everything right from the comfort of your home PC and find all the best deals.

That newspeak business is downright scary.

By: Consume & Update: Bloggers on Happiness, Ambition, and Reason | nomadderwhere

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:12:51 +0000

[...] Vagabondish article I’ve really liked from author Turner Wright. His piece entitled “Why it’s easier to stay fat, stupid and untraveled” is pretty straightforward. It’s too bad our priorities as a mass population reflect a [...]

By: Paul tours China

Paul tours China — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:21:36 +0000

It’s interesting to think about all we cut out of our lives. It’s a little frustrating to wonder when and IF it will ever change. (I am sure it will, because it changed to get to this point,) but when will it ever get popular to lengthen your thoughts and words??
I don’t see it any time soon.

By: Consume and Update: Bloggers on Happiness, Ambition and Reason « Nomadderwhere

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:22:04 +0000

By: Turner

Turner — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:39:56 +0000

John,

That idea was one category I just couldn’t articulate well enough – “travelers are arrogant douchebags”, referring not to all of them, of course, but the ones who love to rant.

By: John Bardos - JetSetCitizen

John Bardos - JetSetCitizen — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:37:08 +0000

Great post. I laughed from the title to the end.

I agree with you, but even the idea of a vagabond has been corrupted with psuedo travelers visiting the McDonald’s and Starbucks of the world while bragging about the stamps in their passport.

Everyone is looking for short cuts and travel has not been spared from the onslaught of sloth. Rolf Potts must be shaking his head in despair.

By: Turner

Turner — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:36:28 +0000

@Angela. Agreed – nothing against blogs, but I worry about how much we rely on summaries and retweets rather than content.

@Katie. As you’re a high school student, I’ll cut you some slack; stop acting like a know-it-all in your comments. Of course ancient cultures traded, but that’s not the issue. Civilization practically reset itself after the fall of the western Roman Empire. I chose the mid 14th century as it was the late middle ages, and most of the world was just beginning to recover (in one sense, anyway).