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20 lessons about the world

Gary Arndt spent 3.5 years travelling through 70 countries. In The Huffington Post, he shares with readers 20 lessons about the world from his trip. When reading them, the American traveller's perspective is clear, but it's still interesting to see what he came up with. Do you agree?

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Lessons about the world

  1. People are generally good
  2. Media lies
  3. The world is boring
  4. People do not hate Americans
  5. Americans are not as ignorant as you might think
  6. Americans are not travelling
  7. The world is not full of bacteria
  8. You don't need so much stuff
  9. Travelling does not have to be expensive
  10. Culture matters
  11. Cultures are changing
  12. Everyone is proud of where they come from
  13. America and Canada share a common culture
  14. Most people have a deep desire to travel around the world.
  15. You can find the Internet almost everywhere
  16. In developing countries, government is usually the problem
  17. English is becoming universal
  18. Modernisation is not "westernisation"
  19. We look at other nations by different criteria than we look at ourselves.
  20. Everyone should travel
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