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I was very taken with your thoughts about research and connection. My wife and I travelled the world in 2004. Our research wasn't internet based, it came from Lonely Planets exchanged for dog eared paperback novels and talking to fellow travellers and locals (where language barriers allowed). We've still got that muscle memory. The best bit of any city breaks we take are the random discoveries made while walking streets and neighbourhoods. But for all that recommendations for things to do or visit in new places come just as often from digital sources as physical ones.
One for us to ponder before a family break in October...
For me while travelling, I also realized how optimization culture is so deeply embedded ingrained in my brain. I didn't wanna just find a good lunch spot but "the best" lunch spot of the town I'm visiting. But that's such a planned and boring way to travel... So I really tried to let go off that and surrender to the moment and the serendipitous (as best as I could).
brilliantly put! btw about the 'i can't take this anymore' insight - for recent miu miu show in Paris they created a 'newspaper' with some doom-coded pieces on modern culture.
Shumon Basar wrote abt something he called 'endcore' - i think it perfectly rhymes with what you are talking abt, so you are def onto something here
“…those who are still truly original or can escape the Filterworld become increasingly more interesting…” Love it! Welcome back.. been looking forward to your rabbit holes ☺️
Glad to be back down the rabbit hole!
I was very taken with your thoughts about research and connection. My wife and I travelled the world in 2004. Our research wasn't internet based, it came from Lonely Planets exchanged for dog eared paperback novels and talking to fellow travellers and locals (where language barriers allowed). We've still got that muscle memory. The best bit of any city breaks we take are the random discoveries made while walking streets and neighbourhoods. But for all that recommendations for things to do or visit in new places come just as often from digital sources as physical ones.
One for us to ponder before a family break in October...
Thanks for sharing Andy!
For me while travelling, I also realized how optimization culture is so deeply embedded ingrained in my brain. I didn't wanna just find a good lunch spot but "the best" lunch spot of the town I'm visiting. But that's such a planned and boring way to travel... So I really tried to let go off that and surrender to the moment and the serendipitous (as best as I could).
Welcome back! Love your insights :)
Thank youuu! :)
Welcome back, Thomas! It's like easing back into a hug!
Aw man! Thanks :)
Welcome back Thomas!
Thank you Sam!
brilliantly put! btw about the 'i can't take this anymore' insight - for recent miu miu show in Paris they created a 'newspaper' with some doom-coded pieces on modern culture.
Shumon Basar wrote abt something he called 'endcore' - i think it perfectly rhymes with what you are talking abt, so you are def onto something here
https://www.miumiu.com/content/dam/miumiu/docs/pdf/endings_unending_as_future_moves_to_past.pdf
Oh thanks for sharing this!! I really love this:
"What if all there is
now, is the present? An “Extreme
Present”? The future was once hard
to predict. This uncertainty now
belongs to the present. Every
morning, we wake up and the world
has changed yet again, from when we
went to sleep a few hours before,
in ways we couldn’t have imagined."
“…those who are still truly original or can escape the Filterworld become increasingly more interesting…” Love it! Welcome back.. been looking forward to your rabbit holes ☺️