TL;DR: Travel today is more about scoring social points than being changed by the place you go. It's also a waste of fossil fuels and generally immoral. Solution, get more involved in a real way with the place you actually live.
I think I like the overall point, but I don't think it's 100% true. There are ways to travel that do produce a meaningful experience, it's just not comfortable. But the point that many people use excuses like service projects or leisure as a reason to fly 4000 miles strikes a chord that I've never really been able to put my finger on.
I think I like the overall point, but I don't think it's 100% true. There are ways to travel that do produce a meaningful experience, it's just not comfortable. But the point that many people use excuses like service projects or leisure as a reason to fly 4000 miles strikes a chord that I've never really been able to put my finger on.