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January 2025

One Can Never Step Foot in the Same Country Twice: The Illusion of Conquering Countries Through Travel
There's something odd about checking off a country on our to-do list when we recognize everything is constantly changing. What are we to make of this…
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Justin S. Bailey
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Those Who Wander Open Debate #5
Is Cosmopolitanism Dying?
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Justin S. Bailey
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How Do We Combat Brain Rot? Heed Thoreau’s Advice to Live More Deliberately
The Oxford Word of 2024 was declared to be ‘brain rot.’ What actionable solutions does a 19th-century hermit offer us to curb this modern social…
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Justin S. Bailey
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[From the Archives] Arriving Without Traveling
Changing Perceptions of Travel and The Many Reasons We Seek Adventure
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Justin S. Bailey
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New Eyes for a New Year: Rick Steves and the Power of Transformational Travel
Rick Steves delivers the wisdom behind travel, especially in our fraught modern era. A response to ‘The Interview: Rick Steves Refuses to Get Cynical…
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Justin S. Bailey
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December 2024

Those Who Wander Reaches 500 Subscribers and Happy New Year!
…and what’s to come in 2025 from Those Who Wander.
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Justin S. Bailey
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New Feature Announcement: Now Listen to Posts from Those Who Wander Using AI Text-to-Speech!
Substack now enables you to listen to your favorite posts using AI text-to-speech. Here's a quick how-to.
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Justin S. Bailey
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[From the Archives] The Future in the Present
How Science Fiction Informs Our Sense of Adventure...or Lack Thereof
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Justin S. Bailey
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The Flâneur and the Freedom to Walk
The art of wandering is not dependent on wealth, status, or being well-traveled but is a philosophy of life that can be applied to most settings…
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Justin S. Bailey
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