Patriotism or competitiveness?
Today, if one has the talent and certain sum of money, the only thing that stands in one’s way to conquering the world is a visa.
Yes, visa. Not long treks in the deserts as in Marco Polo’s case. Nor months of sea travel across vast oceans as in the case of Magellan. But visa, a piece of document whose processing is not nearly as hard as a desert trek or ocean travel.
Imagine that if visa were the only requirement to travel during the time of Marco Polo and Magellan, what other impossible accomplishments would they have accomplished to benefit the world?
Today, it’s far less complicated to cross international boundaries than it was hundreds of years ago. Yet, today we romanticize the stay-at-home idea. Why? Is it because we believe in the notion of “making big waves in our little pond” or what? Continue reading