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Ian McEwan: “Tourism is a wonderful spectacle of mass derangement."

sciart0
Sep 18
1 min read

Here are three ways to do it better.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

In this week’s Mini Philosophy interview, I spoke with the bestselling author Ian McEwan. But as always, the conversation meandered happily in all directions.
McEwan pointed out how odd and “deranged” the modern obsession with tourism is, and he compared it with a gentler time when the likes of author James Boswell traveled the world.
From our interview, we can learn three things about how to travel the world better — and probably more cheaply, too.

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