Nearly everybody I know does something to try to remove herself to clear her head and to have enough time and space to think. Iyer’s latest focus is on yet another overlooked aspect of travel: how can it help us regain our sense of stillness and focus in a world where our devices and digital networks increasing distract us? As he says: "Almost everybody I know has this sense of overdosing on information and getting dizzy living at post-human speeds. Since then, he has written ten books, exploring also the cultural consequences of isolation, whether writing about the exiled spiritual leaders of Tibet or the embargoed society of Cuba. As an acclaimed travel writer, he began his career documenting a neglected aspect of travel - the sometimes surreal disconnect between local tradition and imported global pop culture.
Pico Iyer is a British-born essayist and novelist of Indian descent.
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