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属于真正必需

的商务旅行。

我们旅行是因为我们想要去旅行，

因为到一个新地方的兴奋和激动可以抵消在

机场的各种烦心事；

因为工作压力太大，

我们的血压太高，我们要去热带地区度假；因为在

家实在太无聊；因为航班都在打折； 因为巴黎毕竟是巴黎。

Thanks to modern aviation, we can now move through space at an inhuman speed. For the

first time in human history, we can outrun the sun and move from one hemisphere to another in

a single day. Of course, it's not enough to simply get on a plane. If we want to realize the creative

benefits of travel, then we have to re- think its overall purpose. Most people, after all, escape to

Paris so they don't have to think about those troubles they left behind. But here's the irony: Our

mind is most likely to solve our most stubborn problems while we are sitting in luxury in a Left

Bank cafe. So, instead of contemplating that buttery dessert, we should be conscious of those

domestic issues we just can't solve.

多亏了现代航空技术，

我们现在可以以非凡的速度在空中穿梭。

在人类历史中，

这是我

们第一次超过太阳— —在短短一天中从一个半球到达另一个半球。

当然，

仅仅往飞机 上一坐

是不够的。我们要想认识到旅行在提高创新力方面的价值，还得再全面考虑其目的 。毕竟，

大多数人逃到巴黎，

是因为这样他们就可以不必考虑家 里的那些烦心事。

但是，

具有讽刺意

味 的是，当我们坐在豪华的左岸咖啡馆时，我们的脑子极有可能能解决那些最棘手的问题。

因此，我们应该考虑那些在家里解决不了的问题，而不是琢磨那些奶油甜点。

The larger lesson, though, is that our thoughts are saturated with the familiar. The brain is a

space of near infinite possibility, which means that it spends a lot of time and energy choosing

what not to notice. As a result, creativity is traded away for efficiency; we think in finite, literal

prose,

not

symbolic

verse.

A

bit

of

distance,

however,

helps

loosen

the

cognitive

chains

that

imprison

us,

making

it

easier

to

mingle

the

new

with the

old;

the

mundane

is

grasped

from

a

slightly

more

abstract

perspective.

According

to

research,

the

experience

of

an

exotic

culture

endows us with a valuable open- mindedness, making it easier to realize that even a trivial thing

can have multiple meanings. Consider the act of leaving food on the plate: In China, this is often

seen

as

a

compliment,

a

signal

that

the

host

has

provided

enough

to

eat.

But

in

America

the

same act is a subtle insult, an indication that the food wasn't good enough to finish.

但更应该知道的是我们的思想被熟悉的东西所充满。

< br>大脑是一个几乎具有无限可能性的

空间，

这就意味着它花 了大量的时间和精力选择不去注意什么。

因此，

我们牺牲创造力 来换

取效率。我们以字义明确的散文方式思考，而非以具有象征意义的诗歌方式思考。< /p>

然而，一

点的距离就可以帮助我们放松禁锢我们认知的链条，

使新旧思想的结合更容易，

对平淡无奇

的事 情可从更抽象的角度加以认知。

有研究指出，

体验异国文化可以 赋予我们宝贵的开放性

思维，

使我们更容易明白即使是微不足道 的事物也可以有多种意义。

想一想把食物剩在盘子

里这个行为：

在中国，

这通常被看成是一种赞美，

说 明主人提供了足够的食物。

但是在美国，

同样的行为却暗含侮辱 ，表明食物不够好，人们不愿意吃完。

Such multicultural contrasts mean that seasoned travelers are open to ambiguity, willing to

realize that there are decidedly different (and equally valid) ways of interpreting the world. This,

in

turn,

allows

them

to

expand

the

circumference

of

their

“cognitive

inputs

as

they

refuse

to

settle for their first answers and initial guesses.

经验丰富的旅行者会接受对事物的多样性解读，< /p>

他们欣然认识

到对这个世界可以有截然不同

（但却同样有效）

的方式进行解释。

这也从而让他们扩大了< /p>

“认

知输入”的范围，因为他们拒绝仅仅满足于他们的最初答案和 先前的猜测。

Of

course,

this

mental

flexibility

doesn't

come

from

mere

distance,

a

simple

change

in

latitude

and

longitude.

Instead,

this

renaissance

of

creativity

appears

to

be

a

side

effect

of

difference:

We

need

to

change

cultures,

to

experience

the

disorienting

diversity

of

human

traditions. The same facets of foreign travel that are so confusing (Do I tip the waiter? Where is

this train taking me?) turn out to have a lasting impact, making us more creative because we're

less insular. We're reminded of all that we don't know, which is nearly everything; we're surprised

by the constant stream of surprises. Even in this globalized age, we can still be amazed at all the

earthly things that weren't included in the Lets Go guidebook and that certainly don't exist back

home.

当然，这种思维的灵活性 不仅仅来自纯粹的距离变化，即简单的经纬度的变化。相反，

这种创造力的复兴似乎是差 异所带来的副产品：

我们需要处于不同的文化中，

体验人类传统

中纷繁复杂的多样性。

在国外旅行中让人迷惑的同一个方面的问 题

（如我该给服务生小费吗？

火车要把我带到哪里？）

，产生了一种持久的影响，使我们更加具有创造性，因为我们不再

那么视 野狭隘了。

我们了解了我们不知道的东西，

而这些东西几乎涵盖 了一切；

我们对接连

不断的惊喜感到惊奇。即使在这个全球化的 时代，我们仍然会对所有未包括在《旅行指南》

中的、平常的东西感到惊奇，而这些东西 在自己家中也不存在。

So,

let's

not

pretend

that

travel

doesn't

have

its

drawbacks,

or

that

we endure

jet

lag

for

pleasure. We don't spend 10 hours lost in the Louvre because we like it, and the view from the

top of Machu Picchu probably doesn't make up for the trouble of lost luggage. (More often than

not, I need a vacation after my vacation.) We travel because we need to, because distance and

difference are the secret cornerstones of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same.

But something in our mind has been changed, and that changes everything.

当然，

我们也并不 是假装旅行没有缺点，

或是说我们忍受飞行时差综合反应只是为了消

遣。

在卢浮宫我们迷路十个小时，

那不是因为我们喜欢迷路 。

我们站在马丘比丘古城遗址顶

端俯瞰的风景可能也并不能弥补 我们丢失行李的麻烦。

（通常，我在假期结束后还需要一个

休假 。

）

我们旅行是因为我们需要旅行，

因 为距离与差异是创造力的秘密基石。

我们回家后，

家还是那个家 ，但是我们的思维已经有所改变，而这就可以改变一切。

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Traveling solo - A blessing overall!

独自旅行——总体来说是好事

So you're ready to travel. Pick a place, any place. Let's say you've always wanted to go to

China.

You've

seen

pictures

of

the

Great

Wall,

the

Forbidden

City,

Tian'anmen

Square.

You've

always

been

fascinated

with

Chinese

aesthetics

and

culture,

with

red,

fragrant

temples

and

venerable statues. You have a chunk of money saved and extra vacation time earned. Now is the

time to go!

现在你准备去旅行，

挑一个地方，任何地方都可以。比如你一直想去中国，

你已经看过

了长城、紫禁城、天安门广场的照片。你一直被中国的美学艺术和文化所深深吸引，那里有< /p>

香烟缭绕的红色寺庙，有庄严的塑像。你早就省下了一笔钱，挤出了点时间，现在，该出发

了！

But maybe you haven't traveled much. You've never been to an exotic place where you can't

speak the language or read the signs. A place where you'll have to do all the research for yourself,

find hotels, get yourself around, buy locomotive or bus tickets, order your own food. You must

figure all of this out while looking at the unfamiliar notation which you see wherever you look or

go.

但也许 你以前旅行不多。

你从来没去过异国他乡，

你不会讲当地语言，

也看不懂任何标

志。

在这里，