Travel is no cure for the mind (2018)
Comments so far are missing a major reason travel is likely enjoyable. One of my favorite theories on why time feels like it accelerates as you get older is that your brain tends to only store unique memories. Like that daily commute you do every day and the odd feeling you sometimes get at the end of it where you can’t remember driving…<p>Travel is a set of unique experiences that form unique memories. Part of what’s addicting and pleasurable is that it helps slow down the perception of the passage of time, among many other positives.<p>It’s also self reinforcing in that when you think back, you tend to disproportionately remember travel vs other experiences.<p>There’s clearly a lot more benefits than that, but it certainly seems like a significant factor.