How many boundaries does the world have? The question may sound weird. Our planet is spherical , and so it can't have a beginning or an end. And neither can the universe, for that matter. According to the cosmologists, this would expand creating its own round space, like the Earth, an infinitely inflatable ball. The only difference with respect to our situation on Earth is that we are on the inside wall of the cosmic membrane, instead of on its surface.
Besides, there are no white spots on the maps any more. Everything has been inventoried, discovered, divided up, circumscribed, and some even barricaded and fortified. The whole world reaches us live today on our screens, If we are lucky enough to hear of a remote, deserted spot, we just need to look it up on Goggle Earth to get an idea straight away.
Travel, you could almost say, has suddenly grown old.
Why should we go and see what it's like somewhere else, if that somewhere else is already here with us? The ingredients of the most exotic cuisines are displayed in our supermarkets. World music has its own shelves in any record store. To know another culture, you just need to go down into the street and talk to foreigners, or immigrants if you like, to our home. Even love at first sight has lost its exalting freshness: now we are getting ready for future love on the websites of virtual dates.
Should we, therefore, put an end to all these "ends of the world" once and for all? Resign ourselves to the idea that young people will no longer dream of setting off to discover the world? That would not only be sad, but also premature... (it goes on) - by Bjorn Larsson
http://www.illywords.com/archive-magazine/31-the-journey/
Besides, there are no white spots on the maps any more. Everything has been inventoried, discovered, divided up, circumscribed, and some even barricaded and fortified. The whole world reaches us live today on our screens, If we are lucky enough to hear of a remote, deserted spot, we just need to look it up on Goggle Earth to get an idea straight away.
Travel, you could almost say, has suddenly grown old.
Why should we go and see what it's like somewhere else, if that somewhere else is already here with us? The ingredients of the most exotic cuisines are displayed in our supermarkets. World music has its own shelves in any record store. To know another culture, you just need to go down into the street and talk to foreigners, or immigrants if you like, to our home. Even love at first sight has lost its exalting freshness: now we are getting ready for future love on the websites of virtual dates.
Should we, therefore, put an end to all these "ends of the world" once and for all? Resign ourselves to the idea that young people will no longer dream of setting off to discover the world? That would not only be sad, but also premature... (it goes on) - by Bjorn Larsson
http://www.illywords.com/archive-magazine/31-the-journey/