Quote: (06-26-2017 05:31 PM)christpuncher Wrote:
"Willingness to Pay" is a concept in Risk Management that best cuts through the bullshit of the tricky task of assigning value to intangible assets, and probability to nebulous outcomes.
The Asians are assigning a higher probability of harm to themselves, and a lower value of a vacation that is only so-so instead of amazing, and their willingness to pay drops.
Myself I assign a value in seeing Paris, the risk, the probabilty that Paris won't be Paris anymore soon. I'd previously planned on waiting till my 40s to see western Europe, too expensive. Now I don't know if I can wait 10-15 more years. It might be too late by then, and it would be a damn shame if I missed it.
I would really like to visit extensively the continent of my ancestors, as it has always been. I want to be reaffirmed, in the face of constant condemnation, that the red-pill is the best pill, and I think seeing the beauty and heritage of western Europe might help with that.
Indeed. I have never set foot on the continent of Europe. It would be amazing to see the history there eh? Though there may be a time when that could be impossible and your own situation at home may be dire.
This thread used to depress me. Now its making me improve myself and enjoy what I can while I have it in my grasp.
Are there any more areas you want to visit? I want to see Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm, Lappland, and the Rhine as well as the German and Swiss alps. Rome would be cool too, but I would love to see Constantinople one day.
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