I don't go to big resorts by myself. But when I travel, it's to finally meet discord friends, or to meet them again. That means also hosting friends from abroad, which absolutely feels like vacation on its own.
I don't like traveling anymore
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#22After 35, you don't like traveling but boy do you like 'Vacationing'. Author is right, after you travel (and slum it a bit) you realize that after surface level cultural/food/history differences everyone kinda/sorta wants similar things in life and while people's life stories are interesting, you start noticing patterns. OTOH, (Caveat:I don't have enough money for this) there is nothing that recharges you more than f…
The author needs to build furniture to pay for their food and stay. What Four Seasons.
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#23I’m not sure if it’s Covid or just entering my 30s, but both I and many of my friends have noticed a similar shift. We used to love the idea of traveling the world and meeting new people, and while we still do that to an extent, the excitement of backpacking around the globe and going to off-beat places isn't there anymore.
However, it doesn’t bother me. The idea of constant travel can feel a bit forced, because Western society emphasises it so much as a way to feel fulfilled. But, happiness and fulfillment exists in a thousand other things. Isaac Asimov, for example, spent most of his life in a New York apartment, writing articles, books, and letters. He loved it so much that the first thing he did after coming home from heart surgery was to rush towards his typewriter. He disliked being distracted from writing so much that he wasn't even willing to travel to Hollywood to get his novels adapted.
So, while travelling occasionally is enriching and helps me mentally, I am okay with the idea of just sitting at home and working on my projects, being excited about programming, writing, and learning.
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#24After 35, you don't like traveling but boy do you like 'Vacationing'. Author is right, after you travel (and slum it a bit) you realize that after surface level cultural/food/history differences everyone kinda/sorta wants similar things in life and while people's life stories are interesting, you start noticing patterns. OTOH, (Caveat:I don't have enough money for this) there is nothing that recharges you more than f…
> People (esp in their 20's) poo poo this. Rightly so Not really. It's sour grapes imho.
You're wrong :-). I hate that stuff, and I'm technically not even in my 20s anymore!
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#25Welcome, I hope you have a good time. You don't hear about Kazakhstan here every day, and rarely in a positive light.
If anyone else comes to Kazakhstan and wants to see "the real country", I'd humbly suggest looking outside the two largest cities because they're the only places that have seen any development over the past three decades. My city hasn't changed at all since the end of the 1980s, you look at the photographs from that era and the only difference you see are significantly increased numbers of cars. That's pretty typical.
If you ever wonder why some people have a nostalgia for the Soviet Union — that's why, all significant infrastructure was built back then and hasn't been touched since. The Chinese have been pouring some money into infrastructure for the past few years (mostly power plants and railroads), but the volume is incomparable with ye olde days since they are doing it across the globe and don't have infinite money.
Some of our "patriots" become aggressive when you mention this, so you might want to keep it in mind.
A commenter down below called us "a third-world country", and while that's silly (pretty much only because we're "second world" by definition), it's only fair.
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#26"Right now, I am writing this essay from the living room of my hostel in Almaty, Kazakhstan." Breaking news: Hostels in third world countries loose their charm as you get older.
Absolutely, had me guffawing. This whole post is absurd.
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#27Welcome, I hope you have a good time. You don't hear about Kazakhstan here every day, and rarely in a positive light. If anyone else comes to Kazakhstan and wants to see "the real country", I'd humbly suggest looking outside the two largest cities because they're the only places that have seen any development over the past three decades. My city hasn't changed at all since the end of the 1980s, you look at the photog…
Hello! Thank you for your comment! Do you have any thoughts about why the capacity to invest in infrastructure in Kazakhstan seemingly decreased after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
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#28There’s a weird gap in the modern world when it comes to travel, which is traveling as a group / society. In the distant past it was very common for entire societies to be nomadic. You’d have both your friends and family + movement around the globe. On the other hand, the solo traveler is a recent phenomenon largely enabled by 20th century technology and political developments. I know there are programs which travel…
Deleuze mentioned on HN? I'll have to check my window for aerial pigs come the morning. > when the Earth had open, undefined spaces For physical spaces, you're correct, but it is worth noting that other spaces have appeared and thereafter made the same transition. The internet, for example, is a pretty clear-cut case of a striated system today -- it facilitates desires into tightly-controlled pathways and channels by…
Hah, I think I've mentioned Deleuze a few times on HN over the years.
The early internet definitely was a smooth space and the 90s cyberpunk mood really echoes a lot of Deleuze. Nick Land, the CCRU, and similar thinkers were very influenced by D&G. Great reading, if a bit sad now looking back.
I'm not sure how the Earth itself would be deterritorialized, though, as I feel like you'd need to undo basically everything from property rights to the Westphalian concept of a state. Seems unlikely to me, barring anarchy/apocalypse or some kind of AI god that confiscates all land and enforces a ban on property ownership. Perhaps if the northern European model of free range, open access to lands could be extended over more area.
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#29Thoughtfully essay, but writing this at age 29-30 feels kind of like a five year old telling me they don’t like Spinach
-this is still too early in life to come to hard realizations on experienced wisdom..
give it some time and tell me about it again in your 50s -
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#30When you're younger, travel feels like expansion, like leveling up your soul. But over time, especially when you build a life with real depth and connection, the appeal of fleeting experiences starts to fade. You’re not just collecting memories anymore - you're living them.