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Why We Fly The Meaning of Travel in a Hyperconnected Age Single edition by Evan Rail Politics Social Sciences eBooks

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Why We Fly The Meaning of Travel in a Hyperconnected Age Single edition by Evan Rail Politics Social Sciences eBooks

Full disclosure: I'm an Evan fan. I got to know him (virtually) because of his brilliant "Why Beer Matters." He followed that with "Triplebock," three beer-related short stories, and "In Praise of Hangovers." So there's that.

But when he's not writing about beer, Evan focuses on travel writing, a genre that, as a rule, doesn't much interest me (because I hate traveling). But in "Why We Fly," Rail managed to persuade me to re-think my travel loathing. He's a terrific writer, but more important, he's terrifically able to ponder the human condition, in this case by thinking about travel.

So. Read this Kindle short. You won't regret it. And now I'll sit back and await more delights from the mind of Evan Rail.


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Why We Fly The Meaning of Travel in a Hyperconnected Age Single edition by Evan Rail Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews

Mr. Rail offers thoughtful insights on travel, informed by professional experience and made relatable with personal recollections. A very worthwhile read, especially for those of us with vagabond tendencies.
Thought provoking and insightful look at travel!
It was more a discussion of man's need to fly with no story attached. Too much history for me on vacation.
Amusing, heart-warming little essay relating the author's take on why we leave the comforts of home to endure the travails of travel
There is some interesting writing here but no sense of clear theme or organisation. It is a bit of a mixed salad of random ideas tossed together with no discernible organising principle. Not worth the price.
I thoroughly enjoyed "Why We Fly The meaning of Travel in a Hyperconnected Age". I didn't want to put it down because I wanted to find out what happens to them on the ferry with the broken-down Skoda! He starts off with a quote about music for airports, and then you are suddenly in an old Skoda on the banks of the muddy Tisza River in the middle of Hungary. He then explains that traveling isn't always about what goes right, but also it's about what goes wrong, or what often goes right after the wrong. I was immediately reminded of the time my wife and I missed our cruise ship in Hamburg, Germany because we got lost returning our rental car. Not a week goes by since then, where we don't talk about our adventure in finally catching up to our ship! He discusses the importance of actually VISITING a place rather than googling it. He goes on to explain that a computer can't respond to a raised eyebrow, or give a smile, or even a high five, etc. I think "Why We Fly" should be required reading for any serious traveler! It reminds my of the travel philosophy I used to glean from early Rick Steves' books such as Europe Through The Back Door ten years ago.
I can't wait to read Mr. Rail's other Singles, "Why Beer Matters" and "In Praise of Hangovers"!
Evan Rail takes the reader on a wonderful journey making travel seem more essential to the human experience than ever before, despite the fact we no long “need” to travel to visit a place. “The most obvious reason to travel, of course, is simply to be somewhere else. But when so much of what you need to know about another place is accessible from where you already are, what is the point of going there? Part of the answer must lie in the chasm that remains, despite all efforts, between information about a place — as in books, movies, and the Internet — and the place itself.

Rail provides historical perspectives on travel wrapped into a distinctly postmodern review of the exquisitely human – technologically detached - adventures of travel today. Like meeting a Sufi poet and being struck by the fact that while they were “roughly the ideal opposite(s),” Rail nonetheless “felt a spiritual component to just being in his presence, something that I am certain I could not pick up through Skype.”

He also shares wonderful observations from other writers about the reasons we travel (Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. -Nora Ephron) or should travel (Somewhere I have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience... -E.E. Cummings).

But in the end, who would not want to read an essay on travel by a writer, who midway through his piece states, “My possessions are at war with my brain.” This line alone is worth the read to find – like the many treasured jewels Rail unearths in Why We Fly. If you didn’t think there was a reason to still travel, Evan Rail may just change your mind.
Full disclosure I'm an Evan fan. I got to know him (virtually) because of his brilliant "Why Beer Matters." He followed that with "Triplebock," three beer-related short stories, and "In Praise of Hangovers." So there's that.

But when he's not writing about beer, Evan focuses on travel writing, a genre that, as a rule, doesn't much interest me (because I hate traveling). But in "Why We Fly," Rail managed to persuade me to re-think my travel loathing. He's a terrific writer, but more important, he's terrifically able to ponder the human condition, in this case by thinking about travel.

So. Read this short. You won't regret it. And now I'll sit back and await more delights from the mind of Evan Rail.