The Case for Slow Travel and Slow Reading in a Fast-Paced Society
Learning to slow down and appreciate our world is at odds with our culture of expediency but is a critical skill and habit to develop a better understanding of our world.
An excerpt from An Anthropology of Wandering: How Adventure Can Alleviate a Fearful Culture
“I suspect the mind, as the body, works at about three miles an hour.”
-Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Living in the fast-paced, status-seeking society that we do, we are under enormous social, cultural, political, and…
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