One last entry on Zogby’s “The Way We’ll Be”. Thank God for today’s youth who are leading us baby boomers down the very path we set for ourselves but somehow got off. They are an inspiration.
Zogby calls them the first global generation. They are 18 – 29 and have a passport. They are demanding a [...]
Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
Our Youth Leads
Posted in Culture, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy, Travel Information on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Genuinely Authentic
Posted in Culture, Learning Vacations, Life, Orvieto Italy on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John Zogby’s final meta-movement (that I have been writing about the last few posts) is authenticity in views and ways of life. Oh boy does this hit home when you talk about Italy! Its long history and ancient towns are the essence of authentic.
Here is the bottom line: It is hard to be authentic when [...]
Looking Inward for Spiritual Comfort
Posted in Culture, Life, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This meta-movement of John Zobgy’s “The Way We’ll Be” is naturally supported in trips with us to Orvieto. It’s subtle, intrinsic, resides in the nature and character of Orvieto and the wonderful place in which we stay. Travelers with us very much reflect Zogby’s contention that we are looking for and expecting more from life [...]
Diversity
Posted in Culture, Life, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy, Travel Information on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The second of John Zogby’s meta-movements in his book “The Way We’ll Be” is diversity in views and ways of life. Travel to a foreign country, where customs, ways of living, dress, and outlooks are different, automatically brings one face to face with the diversity of our world. It is one of the benefits of [...]
Living with Limits
Posted in Culture, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy, Travel Information on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At first blush it would seem that taking a vacation to Italy with us could in no way be a part of the meta-movement of living with limits. The wonderful thing about being on our trips is that it is incredibly instructive about the merits of living with limits. Let me explain.
I believe living with [...]
Meta-movements
Posted in Culture, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John Zogby in his new book “The Way We’ll Be” describes what he calls 4 meta-movements that will transform the American dream. Interestingly, I believe these movements all can be experienced and appreciated in our trips to Italy. The meta movements are:
Living with limits as consumers and citizens
Embracing diversity of views and ways of life
Looking [...]
Technology’s Downside
Posted in Culture, Living Slow, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy, Technology, tagged Culture, Living Slow, Technology on November 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Since I started bashing technology a few days ago, I may as well continue!
Swiss playwright, novelist and architect Max Frisch said, “Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don’t have to experience it.” Consider:
People walk through the public realm plugged in to their cell phones or i-pods completely oblivious to the [...]
The twitter over Twitter
Posted in Culture, Life, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Technology on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ten or so years ago I read Neil Postman’s “Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology.” While I have always embraced technology, I have also tried to be aware of its downsides. Postman’s book is a marvelous critique of technology’s dark side.
So I am always curious and a little dubious about new technologies. I worry [...]
Authentic People and Places
Posted in Culture, Life, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has taken me some time to figure out that my work has mostly been about authenticity. It has been about trying to create authentic places, and it has been about trying to be authentic myself. This latter is a challenge for all of us because, from the moment we are born, we are being [...]
Italy
Posted in Culture, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As our trip winds down and we begin turning towards home, I inevitably begin to reflect on why I will miss this place so much. It is hard to put a finger on. But I think it is the integrated life I will miss. It is the way of life, the texture of life here, [...]
