Occasional spurts to Acapulco
"The captive tripper and the reckless traveller become equally dependent on transport. Neither can do without it. Occasional spurts to Acapulco or to a Party Congress dupe the ordinary passenger into believing that he has made it into the shrunk world of the powerfully rushed." (Ivan Illich, Energy and Equity)
I couldn't figure out the second sentence, can you rephrase it?
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Hi That's very tricky. Ivan Illych believed that our time at school, and after, lead us to accept narrow experiences as real learning, although we have only been shown a small part of the picture. This is my paraphrase - A quick tourist bus or train trip may fool you into believing that you have gone somewhere and learnt something; but also, you are being told that no one really has time for this, so you will accept just a glimpse and that is all The passage needs to be understood in the context - so it's difficult Hope this may help, Dave
- Hi That's very tricky.
- Ivan Illych believed that our time at school, and after, lead us to accept narrow experiences as real learning, although we have only been shown a small part of the picture.
- This is my paraphrase - A quick tourist bus or train trip may fool you into believing that you have gone somewhere and learnt something; but also, you are being told that no one really has time for this, so you will accept just a glimpse and that is all The passage needs to be understood in the context - so it's difficult Hope this may help, Dave
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That's very tricky. Ivan Illych believed that our time at school, and after, lead us to accept narrow experiences as real learning, although we have only been shown a small part of the picture. This is my paraphrase
- A quick tourist bus or train trip may fool you into believing that you have gone somewhere and learnt something; but also, you are being told that no one really
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