The Case Against ‘The Case Against Travel’

I was on a short trip last month when I somehow thought of “ The Case Against Travel ,” a polemic essay by the philosopher Agnes Callard. Ranked tenth in the New Yorker ’s top stories of 2023, it has drawn numerous responses after publication, mostly of anger. As I have traveled more this year than in the past, revisiting the piece evoked more nuanced and personal perspectives than a simple…