It is truly amazing to see something timeless. You may be able to change the era, the language, and the subjects discussed, but it still looks and acts the same. What I witnessed this evening was, for all real purposes, the same experience tens…hundreds of thousands…if not millions of people have experienced since the first humans exchanged something of value.
Syncretism…due to commercial or academic trade.
To tell the story,
As I boarded my plane to Dubai I was (UNBELIEVABLY!) fortunate to get bumped up to business class. Let me tell you, my own little compartment with a TV and a bed is pretty sweet for a 12 hour flight. After watching a movie and having a hell of a dinner, I went to the back of the plane to find this:
There I met the following:
1. A man, born in Egypt, lived in Canada for 20 years and now lived in North Carolina, working for an international energy company. He was on his way to Dubai for work.
2. A man, born in Iceland, grew up in Malawi (Africa), lived in Dubai for 8 years and now lives in NYC working for a green energy company building geothermal systems for municipalities around the world. He’s on his way to China by way of Dubai.
3. A man from New Jersey (there’s always one) who is on his way to India to work with his clothing company’s tech division in Hyderabad.
4. Many others I didn’t get a chance to talk to…people from Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Arabia, Australia…all over! Its really quite amazing.
This world is so small, and I think it always was…what makes it feel so big, is that it is really full.
Speak, Memory 