Archive - Those Who Wander

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…

Jan 17 •

Justin S. Bailey

[From the Archives] Arriving Without Traveling

Changing Perceptions of Travel and The Many Reasons We Seek Adventure

Jan 10 •

Justin S. Bailey

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…

Jan 3 •

Justin S. Bailey

December 2024

Those Who Wander Reaches 500 Subscribers and Happy New Year!

…and what’s to come in 2025 from Those Who Wander.

Dec 27, 2024 •

Justin S. Bailey

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.

Dec 22, 2024 •

Justin S. Bailey

[From the Archives] The Future in the Present

How Science Fiction Informs Our Sense of Adventure...or Lack Thereof

Dec 20, 2024 •

Justin S. Bailey

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…

Dec 13, 2024 •

Justin S. Bailey

Those Who Wander Open Debate #4

Is Being ‘Well-Traveled’ Mostly About Status?

Dec 6, 2024 •

Justin S. Bailey

November 2024

Dublin and Its Environs: A Walker’s City and the Weight of History

The capital of Ireland, like most old cities, is a palimpsest of history. Walking its streets and the city's outskirts provides one a remarkable…

Nov 29, 2024 •

Justin S. Bailey

[From the Archives] Why Don’t Anthropologists Study Adventure?

A Brief Overview of Adventure in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Nov 22, 2024 •

Justin S. Bailey

Off to Ireland and the "walker's city".

Nov 15, 2024 •

Justin S. Bailey

[From the Archives] The Role of the Anthropologist in the 21st Century

Aspiring Polymath, Actually Just Neurotic

Nov 8, 2024 •

Justin S. Bailey

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