Comments on: Commentary: The More I Travel, The Dumber I Get http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/ Gary Arndt's journey to travel blog around the world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:21:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Globetrooper Lauren http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-16143 Globetrooper Lauren Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:04:05 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-16143 At first I was confused but intrigued by the title of your post. But now I can fully relate. I think as we grow older and older, it's just an indefinite cycle of realising that you don't actually know as much as you think you do. And this is why our grandparents and older mentors seem so wise or smart, not because they know a lot but because they've accepted and understand this learning cycle. At first I was confused but intrigued by the title of your post. But now I can fully relate. I think as we grow older and older, it’s just an indefinite cycle of realising that you don’t actually know as much as you think you do. And this is why our grandparents and older mentors seem so wise or smart, not because they know a lot but because they’ve accepted and understand this learning cycle.

]]> By: Amy (TheseRoads) http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-16106 Amy (TheseRoads) Fri, 28 May 2010 17:39:10 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-16106 I too often struggle to make sense of the vast amount of unknowns travel exposes us to. I think, more than anything, this 'dumb' feeling we all get comes down to gaining perspective - insomuch as every time I find a new unknown, the world gets that little bit bigger and my place in it a little less important in the grand scheme of things. Congratulations on such a refreshing and thought provoking read! You've not only hit on a topic that so many can identify with, but you've managed to sum up a potentially very confusing subject matter incredibly well... Two thumbs up! I too often struggle to make sense of the vast amount of unknowns travel exposes us to. I think, more than anything, this ‘dumb’ feeling we all get comes down to gaining perspective – insomuch as every time I find a new unknown, the world gets that little bit bigger and my place in it a little less important in the grand scheme of things.

Congratulations on such a refreshing and thought provoking read! You’ve not only hit on a topic that so many can identify with, but you’ve managed to sum up a potentially very confusing subject matter incredibly well… Two thumbs up!

]]> By: cole http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-15925 cole Wed, 12 May 2010 07:15:51 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-15925 What a great perspective What a great perspective

]]> By: Adriana http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-14892 Adriana Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:50:28 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-14892 what a great post. I can really relate to this. Really. what a great post. I can really relate to this. Really.

]]> By: Jena L http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-14653 Jena L Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:42:28 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-14653 I love that you posted this because everytime I travel and see new things I realize that I am in someone else's world; that I have entered a new and unusual place that is so normal to the people who live there but which overwhelms me with its newness no matter how small or simple. These are the times when I realize how big the world really is and realize "I didn't know that I didn't know" something, and long to know more. I love that you posted this because everytime I travel and see new things I realize that I am in someone else’s world; that I have entered a new and unusual place that is so normal to the people who live there but which overwhelms me with its newness no matter how small or simple. These are the times when I realize how big the world really is and realize “I didn’t know that I didn’t know” something, and long to know more.

]]> By: Cornelius Aesop http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-14645 Cornelius Aesop Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:39:53 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-14645 Makes me think of a quote I love from Henry David Thoreau "To know that you know what you know, and to know that you do not know what you do not know, that is true knowledge." (Yeah I know this can be tied to Socrates and Confucius but I'm quoting my main man Thoreau here) Makes me think of a quote I love from Henry David Thoreau “To know that you know what you know, and to know that you do not know what you do not know, that is true knowledge.” (Yeah I know this can be tied to Socrates and Confucius but I’m quoting my main man Thoreau here)

]]> By: lulu http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-14355 lulu Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:00:50 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-14355 I agree that Rumsfeld made sense in that clip - even though I am not a fan, I totally understood what he was saying. Years ago when I was training for a new position my supervisor stopped by to inquire how things were going. My response was: "I don't know what I don't know until I don't know it." it applies to so much in life... I agree that Rumsfeld made sense in that clip – even though I am not a fan, I totally understood what he was saying. Years ago when I was training for a new position my supervisor stopped by to inquire how things were going. My response was: “I don’t know what I don’t know until I don’t know it.”

it applies to so much in life…

]]> By: Catia http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-14100 Catia Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:06:46 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-14100 Thank you so much for writing this! I've just began travelling and already have felt as though the amount I have yet to learn was overwhelming. It's comforting to know that even though it will probably become even more overwhelming, I'm not alone in realizing just how immense my lack of knowledge is. Just yesterday I was thinking (almost panicking) about it for hours before I realized that it was OK... the only thing to do is keep pushing ahead, evolving, learning what I can and accepting that there's no one that knows everything. “I’m often hesitant to write about a subject because I’ve met people who are much more knowledgeable about it than I am.” I'm pretty sure you hit a chord with many travel bloggers with this, I know I've hit that wall countless times already. Thank you so much for writing this!

I’ve just began travelling and already have felt as though the amount I have yet to learn was overwhelming. It’s comforting to know that even though it will probably become even more overwhelming, I’m not alone in realizing just how immense my lack of knowledge is. Just yesterday I was thinking (almost panicking) about it for hours before I realized that it was OK… the only thing to do is keep pushing ahead, evolving, learning what I can and accepting that there’s no one that knows everything.

“I’m often hesitant to write about a subject because I’ve met people who are much more knowledgeable about it than I am.”

I’m pretty sure you hit a chord with many travel bloggers with this, I know I’ve hit that wall countless times already.

]]> By: Gentle Minds http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-13984 Gentle Minds Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:02:42 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-13984 Wow, I'm impressed by how you put this complicated issue into such simple words! Fantastic. And I think many travelers know exactly the feeling you are talking about... I do, too. Well, Socrates already said "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. " So apparently we are all in good company having this feeling. And if Socrates is considered wise, then travelling is maybe the best way to become not konwledgeable (or to come to believe one is knowledgeable), but to become wise. Not too bad a perspective... But leaving these soul-soothing words aside, the real reason to travel is not to become knowledgeable, or to become wise... it is curiosity itself, the fact that every place we visit and every person we meet on the journey has story to tell and teach, and we enjoy the listening - don't we? Wow, I’m impressed by how you put this complicated issue into such simple words! Fantastic. And I think many travelers know exactly the feeling you are talking about… I do, too.
Well, Socrates already said “I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. ” So apparently we are all in good company having this feeling.
And if Socrates is considered wise, then travelling is maybe the best way to become not konwledgeable (or to come to believe one is knowledgeable), but to become wise. Not too bad a perspective…
But leaving these soul-soothing words aside, the real reason to travel is not to become knowledgeable, or to become wise… it is curiosity itself, the fact that every place we visit and every person we meet on the journey has story to tell and teach, and we enjoy the listening – don’t we?

]]> By: David's Trips and Holidays http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-13979 David's Trips and Holidays Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:58:35 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-13979 that's a relief that this is so common.. :-) that’s a relief that this is so common.. :-)

]]> By: brian http://everything-everywhere.com/2010/03/15/commentary-the-more-i-travel-the-dumber-i-get/#comment-13971 brian Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:33:05 +0000 http://everything-everywhere.com/?p=6251#comment-13971 This is why I love travel. The constant learning to me is the definition of constant growth and mind expansion. This is why I love travel. The constant learning to me is the definition of constant growth and mind expansion.

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