Is Adventure a Thing of the Past?

Thoughts on discovery and overcoming pessimism and claustrophobia in a heavily populated world.

Oct 27, 2023

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An excerpt from An Anthropology of Wandering: How Adventure Can Alleviate a Fearful Culture

A map of the world

Description automatically generated — *The maps of the world no longer read* ‘terra incognita’, *Latin for “unknown land.” Photo credit: Wikimedia.*

“I’m afraid the day for this sort of thing is rather past…The big blank spaces in the map are all being filled in, and there’s no room for romance anywhere.”

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