Comments on: How Travel Will Save The World http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/ Online travel magazine dedicated to exploring travel in the 21st century. Offering travel news, compelling interviews, online travel tools, and more. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:14:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kango Suz http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43516 Kango Suz Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:33:42 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/#comment-43516 Thank you so much for expressing in beautiful words what many travelers know in our souls, the true nature of travel is to grow in ourselves and the world. Thank you, thank you. I will look forward to your book! Thank you so much for expressing in beautiful words what many travelers know in our souls, the true nature of travel is to grow in ourselves and the world. Thank you, thank you. I will look forward to your book!

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]]> By: Emily Hansen http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-42825 Emily Hansen Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:26:34 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/#comment-42825 Great article. Couldn't agree more. While I am absolutely anti-war, conflict, being a different thing, is part of what makes a traveler not want to return home. I love my home of Canada in many ways, but have now been away for four years. It's not that I don't want to live in Canada, but the push and pull of culture shock and the learning that comes with having to either "adjust" or "disagree", motivates me to do better as a person, in the place that I am, and also when I return home with new visions of the world. We are born "political beings", because we all exist in a place of impact. We can see what impressions we have on others (as foreigners), and what local people and environments have to teach us in return. If we know how people live outside of our bubble, then we can see how we might all do better. Just a thought...great words in that article! PS Until I was fourteen I thought "Cosmopolitan" was just a magazine....and then later, a drink. Glad to explore it's real meaning... Great article. Couldn’t agree more. While I am absolutely anti-war, conflict, being a different thing, is part of what makes a traveler not want to return home.

I love my home of Canada in many ways, but have now been away for four years. It’s not that I don’t want to live in Canada, but the push and pull of culture shock and the learning that comes with having to either “adjust” or “disagree”, motivates me to do better as a person, in the place that I am, and also when I return home with new visions of the world.

We are born “political beings”, because we all exist in a place of impact. We can see what impressions we have on others (as foreigners), and what local people and environments have to teach us in return. If we know how people live outside of our bubble, then we can see how we might all do better.

Just a thought…great words in that article!

PS Until I was fourteen I thought “Cosmopolitan” was just a magazine….and then later, a drink. Glad to explore it’s real meaning…

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]]> By: Best of Travel Blogs: Monkeys Attack and Terracotta Warriors Visit : Kathika.com http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-42780 Best of Travel Blogs: Monkeys Attack and Terracotta Warriors Visit : Kathika.com Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:32:06 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/#comment-42780 [...] You can turn your travel plans into a crusade to save the word - philosophically speaking at least - if you scan Brave New Traveler’s interesting piece called How Travel Will Save the World [...] [...] You can turn your travel plans into a crusade to save the word – philosophically speaking at least – if you scan Brave New Traveler’s interesting piece called How Travel Will Save the World [...]

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]]> By: cam2yogi http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-42612 cam2yogi Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:43:48 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/#comment-42612 A fantastic article. Very articulate and well written. Deep thoughts to leave one wandering in the soup of the universe. A fantastic article. Very articulate and well written. Deep thoughts to leave one wandering in the soup of the universe.

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]]> By: Daniel Harbecke http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-42506 Daniel Harbecke Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:56:21 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/#comment-42506 I read what you had to say, and... ... ... I think I need a vacation. I read what you had to say, and…

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… I think I need a vacation.

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]]> By: Expecting Too Much, AKA Travelphilosophism | New York Traveler.net http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-42483 Expecting Too Much, AKA Travelphilosophism | New York Traveler.net Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:18:26 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/#comment-42483 [...] How Travel Will Save the World is the latest post at Brave New Traveler. That’s a very brave statement. I think it’s taking travel to a level it does not belong: The belief that humanity is encompassed within a single community is called cosmopolitanism. A philosophy with ancient roots, its lineage begins with Diogenes: when asked where he came from, he answered, “I am a citizen of the world.” [...] [...] How Travel Will Save the World is the latest post at Brave New Traveler. That’s a very brave statement. I think it’s taking travel to a level it does not belong: The belief that humanity is encompassed within a single community is called cosmopolitanism. A philosophy with ancient roots, its lineage begins with Diogenes: when asked where he came from, he answered, “I am a citizen of the world.” [...]

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]]> By: Daniel Harbecke http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-42429 Daniel Harbecke Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:50:35 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/#comment-42429 Thank you! Though I hope it was less a diatribe and more a dialogue. Yes, "super agreement" is possible. It's described midway through the Kama Sutra, though in most cases a customary tip of the hat will suffice. But don't get me wrong. "Give peace a chance," by all means! Just have a practical idea of what "peace" really is. It begins on the personal level of interaction - what is a nation anyway, but a reflection of the people? It can't mean the complete absence of disagreement, but it's at least the freedom to disagree without fearing for your life. Just ask someone who's been married a while. There's no better test of love than giving her a hug, after she maxed out the cards at Macy's AGAIN and bashed the daylights out of the passenger side door on her way into the garage. What better way to confirm your principles, even when you're so angry you want to pull your own head off? I'm also down with holding hands and loving one another. But it's an awful lot of work (this too is mentioned in the Kama Sutra), not to mention very expensive on Valentine's Day. Still: act local, think global. Thank you! Though I hope it was less a diatribe and more a dialogue. Yes, “super agreement” is possible. It’s described midway through the Kama Sutra, though in most cases a customary tip of the hat will suffice.

But don’t get me wrong. “Give peace a chance,” by all means! Just have a practical idea of what “peace” really is. It begins on the personal level of interaction – what is a nation anyway, but a reflection of the people? It can’t mean the complete absence of disagreement, but it’s at least the freedom to disagree without fearing for your life.

Just ask someone who’s been married a while. There’s no better test of love than giving her a hug, after she maxed out the cards at Macy’s AGAIN and bashed the daylights out of the passenger side door on her way into the garage. What better way to confirm your principles, even when you’re so angry you want to pull your own head off?

I’m also down with holding hands and loving one another. But it’s an awful lot of work (this too is mentioned in the Kama Sutra), not to mention very expensive on Valentine’s Day. Still: act local, think global.

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]]> By: Olivebeard http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-42417 Olivebeard Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:42:05 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/02/how-travel-will-save-the-world/#comment-42417 The title belies the content. I honestly expected some socialist rant about why we all need to hold hands and love one another. Instead, I found this to be on of the single greatest diatribes on travel philosophy I have ever read. I couldn't agree with your reasoning more--unless there was some class of "super agreement" I'm not aware of. ;) The title belies the content. I honestly expected some socialist rant about why we all need to hold hands and love one another.

Instead, I found this to be on of the single greatest diatribes on travel philosophy I have ever read. I couldn’t agree with your reasoning more–unless there was some class of “super agreement” I’m not aware of. ;)

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