Wat Arun. Bangkok.

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Openness

Enjoying what I'm hearing so far.  Love social psychologists.  What's interesting is that he said a liberal trait is being open to experience or traveling.  For me, ironically, although deeply embedded in a conservative culture and latching on to the core parts of that culture, I always had that openness to experience and curiosity and desire to travel.  I think part of this was nourished by the fact that my family had the resources to take us out of that "closed" culture from time-to-time.  New Orleans, Disney, Washington, DC, Western Europe, Smokey Mountains, Atlanta (many times).  Others rarely ever left.  Liberals 2 - ones raised to be liberal - can be close-minded, and may not be able to travel to places or meet others where their preconceived notions may be challenged. 

- email to friend in 2012, in a response to this

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