Berkeley diary: The way of the tortoise

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I loved the literary image you created for humanity: "humanity is evolving, plodding tortoise-like across the Galapagos of time, toward some enlightened end", and yes, it seems unfair that when technology has accelerated every aspect of our lives, finding enlightenment happens at such a slow rate.

In my post "I could live here" ( http://global-culture.org/i-could-live-here/ ) I was pursuing a similar quest: using my passion for travel to find places that transcend the mundane: "[these places have] moved away from the pragmatism that governs every aspect of modern life and have found a way to decorate themselves with elements that seem superfluous or even luxurious. What sells us is the fact that their inhabitants have been able to transcend the mundane"

Perhaps our journeys will cross one day. Until then, there is Twitter http://twitter.com/globalculture

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