Damn, I don’t think that’s mildly interesting at all. That’s a book I want to read
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/413371.Worldwalk
The book in question. He was housed by over 400 families while on his walk.
Did the families take turns, or did they all walk with him?
Their bodies formed the structure which housed him.
Simultaneously, it inspired the Mortal Engines movie.
Thank you!
Welp there you have it. If you want to challenge his conclusion you must walk long and hit more countries than he did.
That’s overkill. I only need a mile and his shoes.
But then you don’t get to sing that 500 miles song. At least go 5 miles while muttering about multipliers between verses.
It’s for the best, that song needs to fade from existence.
Honestly it sounds more like he went in with a preconceived notion, received data that verified his preconceived notion was incorrect, and then told everyone his preconceived notion seemed correct.
Sounds like he had three bad experiences over 4 years. That sounds like, on average, the world is not such a bad place.
Or, you know, decided not to judge the entire human experience by the actions of a handful of individuals.
There’s probably some wisdom in that, but unfortunately I can’t see it because my human experience sucks.
I’m sorry that you’re dissatisfied with the scientific method of his experience of humanity, which sounds more like an art project than seeking research grants.
Thanks for appreciating my humor.
Wow even the guy that wanted to be the man that fell down at your door only walked 1000 miles. This is pretty hardcore.
Probably just really wanted to escape Ohio.
On April 14, 1970, during an 11g slingshot maneuver on the remote side of the moon on the Apollo 13 mission, Astronaut Jim Lovell achieved what every other person born in Ohio has always dreamed of:
Getting as far away as humanly possible.
Despite the horrid things that occur in this world, I do believe that people are fundamentally good and want to do good for the people around them. The people that do evil things were not born that way.
Sociopaths exist and they rule the world.
Yep, the majority are good people that assume others are good people too. And they get ruthlessly exploited by sociopaths that end up ruling everyone and forcing all of us to live our lives along their zero-sum worldview.
Don’t underestimate the corruptive influence of power and privilege either. I know it’s unpopular to humanize the people who ruthlessly exploit others, but they aren’t necessarily innately selfish, and are just as much a product of circumstance as others. The wealthy are perhaps the most alienated from the material and human cost of their wealth by a system that is designed to do so, and they are rewarded for behaving selfishly.
If you reduce the complexity of the world to “most people are good but the few bad people ruin it for everyone,” then you run the risk of thinking that the solution to the problem is to remove the “bad people” from power and replace them with “good people.” You’ll inevitably be disappointed when the “good people” turn out to be “bad people” after experiencing power and privilege.
Probably some narcissists too
In my experience, the vast majority of people are good. Like 99.9% of them. But there’s still evil people in this world. My grandmother is one, she’s tried killing my siblings twice, (the first time looked like negligence, after the second she wasn’t given another chance.) and gave her husband brain damage. Thankfully, she’s not related to us by blood.
I’ve been a bunch of places all over the world and I would agree. The world isn’t terrible.
All the assholes who live in it however…
“I just gotta see this for myself.”
I think it’s an amazing story that he was able to find his way back home after walking such a long distance!
How many roads must a man walk down?
There were bandits in 1987??
Only three years later some bandits tried to break into a kids house over Christmas.
Still are in some parts of the world. Less arrows and swords more guns and machetes
Forest Gump?
I wouldn’t count a multiple day walk as a single walk.
When you get to sleep, it starts a new walk.
Otherwise I have been having a walk for my entire life.
Walk… Hhard
Petition to rename this epic journey as “The Walk For The Ages”.
I want a book, movie, and an epic ballad with at least a dozen dozen stanzas!
It would be a white guy in the 1980s. “Yeah the world isn’t that terrible”
Dudes don’t even have to think twice walking to their car at night.
Did you read the post? Seems like he did have to think twice.
Daniel Pearl would like a word
