travel!!

Going through my photos to put them on the website, I had such a longing to travel again. It really is a wonderful thing, a true eye-opener. You live your life in a certain manner, and accordingly perceive it a certain way. You do this within a society that provides a framework of reference for your character, morals, and beliefs. Then you go to another country where people live in an entirely different manner. Their attitude towards life would be frowned upon in another country, but in their country it is successful, and they as human beings are content. It really drives home the point that life is not always the way that we see it, that it is a broad and intricate tapestry ,and we should occasionally pull our face away from studying a few threads from a narrow distance, and look at the whole tapestry from a different angle so that we can appreciate its beauty and design.
We are partly shaped by our experiences. When we gone though a wide range of experiences it helps to shape us into a more complete, adaptable and durable human being.
Neural networks in computers work by training a system by feeding it input, until it is able to successfully master any input. The training is dependant on the learning it receives. Now, human brains also work with neural networks. The more broad and diverse that the training is, the better the end result.
That is partly why I find people that are too entrenched in a culture to be brittle and narrow minded. I have learned that culture can be important to give someone a base. But they should not hold unto their culture at all costs. Sometimes it is not what is needed for their personal development.

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