Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 15:35:34 +0100, D wrote:

I've learned nothing travelling which I couldn't have learned at home
with the help of the internet, good books and documentaries.

"A man must generally get away some hundreds or thousands of miles from
home before he can be said to begin his travels. Why not begin his travels
at home? Would he have to go far or look very closely to discover
novelties? The traveler who, in this sense, pursues his travels at home,
has the advantage at any rate of a long residence in the country to make
his observations correct and profitable. Now the American goes to England,
while the Englishman comes to America, in order to describe the country."

Henry David Thoreau