Being on holiday really felt like you were in a far away place, cut off from everything familiar. Today, no matter where you go on the planet, everything is kinda the same because you bring your digital environment with you.
This has occurred to me from time to time when I think back on living in Germany as an American in the 80s and 90s. I came back to the States in ’94, just as the internet was starting to kick off. The experience I had those 10 years, “in a far away place cut off from everything familiar,” doesn’t exist any more unless you’re going to the most isolated places on the planet.
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Being on holiday really felt like you were in a far away place, cut off from everything familiar. Today, no matter where you go on the planet, everything is kinda the same because you bring your digital environment with you.
This has occurred to me from time to time when I think back on living in Germany as an American in the 80s and 90s. I came back to the States in ’94, just as the internet was starting to kick off. The experience I had those 10 years, “in a far away place cut off from everything familiar,” doesn’t exist any more unless you’re going to the most isolated places on the planet.
Exactly! I miss it.