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GLOBAL CITIZEN? NO, YOU’RE NOT.

Hacking is a mindset, lifting is a way of life. A traveller is something you are. And by this, I don’t mean a tourist. Many people travel as tourists – on holidays, school trips, with friends, with family or alone. They go to see the sights, to experience running with bulls to eat a snake’s blood. They go to see other cultures and “strange things that they don’t have at home,”

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. – G.K. Chesterton

I’m a traveller. By which I associate with a group of people who I’ve begun to see more and more as I get older. Generally they all call themselves “global citizens” although I find the phrase utterly pretentious and in need of a slap. I find my simpler definition more apt: a traveller seeks experiences to influence their opinion, without allowing their opinion to influence their experiences. It could be snappier; I know. Let’s stick with “traveller.”

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March 14, 2018by admin

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