Frank, Thanks for the link. Agnes Callard, the author of the article, sneers at tourists who visit Paris in order to visit the Louvre in order to see the Mona Lisa (and then spend 45 seconds looking at it)--because that's what one does in Paris. But presumably, Callard would find it perfectly acceptable to visit Paris in order to visit the Louvre in order to see the Mona Lisa, and then spend hours examining Da Vinci's brush strokes.
What's the difference between these two kinds of activities? Callard quotes Emerson, who is not critical of "a person who travels when his 'necessities' or 'duties' demand it. Nor does Emerson object to traversing great distances 'for the purpose of art, of study, and benevolence,'” as in the case of the student of DaVinci's painting technique. Here's a clue. Callard defines "tourism" as the kind of travel that aims at the interesting—and, if Emerson and company are right, misses." In other words, one will not find "the interesting" by going in search of it. The same goes for happiness. One will not find happiness by going in search of it. These are both consequences of other activities and make no sense as stand-alone goals. -- Russ Abbott Professor Emeritus, Computer Science California State University, Los Angeles On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 2:13 PM Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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