How Far You Have to Go - ✎ ⟪ notes from khalid's desk ⟫

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why traveling is less about seeing the world and more about noticing your own

Brunate, Italy Travel Is Supposed to Change You—But Does It? Travel is supposed to change you—or at least, that’s the pitch. New places, new perspectives, new you. But here’s the thing: some people hop through a dozen countries and come back as the exact same person, while others visit one unfamiliar town and return like their brain’s been completely reupholstered. What’s the difference? I’ve been thinking about this through the lens of information theory—a field that’s basically about how much “surprise” data can hold. The key, I think, is entropy. Specifically, the entropy of your…

How Far You Have to Go - ✎ ⟪ notes from khalid's desk ⟫

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