We're the worst version of ourselves on holiday: US Philosopher's Case Against Travel
A ‘love of travel’ is not an achievement, says the philosopher. It’s barely a hobby.
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A ‘love of travel’ is not an achievement, says the philosopher. It’s barely a hobby.
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Today people claim to be "spiritual but not religious." Even many religious people seek to escape the material realm in favor of a more spiritual existence. But being "spiritual" is not always a good thing.
"Faulkner and all the rest of them were always going on about this tragic sense of history, and we're supposed to sit on our porches talking about it all the time. I never did that. My South was always the New South. My first memories are of the country club, of people playing golf." --Walker Percy