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Following a Train of Thought about our shared love of world exploration, it was ironic to see the front page of this Sunday’s L.A. Times travel section dedicated to the anger going abroad often engenders. I particularly enjoyed the following lines from Thomas Curwen’s indicting article:
Psychologists might attribute the rising levels of our anger to a convergence of powerlessness and entitledness that have pervaded modern life. We witness rage on a daily basis whether it’s in traffic, in politics or our daily entertainments, and we live with the illusion that we can avoid or even master moments of such intemperance.
“I think it’s more than possible that we are growing more angry these days as we grow more spoiled, more used to having our own way, more masters of our own tiny domain,” says traveler and writer Pico Iyer. “Cyberspace, in fact, tempts us to live ever farther from the world at large and ever more within our own ideas and niche interests and selected friends. In that regard, going out into the world, where things can’t be controlled, may be a greater shock than ever.”
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