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"[W]e now have the means to keep everybody under surveillance. No matter what part of the world they are in, we can put them under surveillance. This has become one of the main occupations of mankind, just watching other people and keeping a record of their goings on . . . Everybody has become porous. The light and the the message go right through us." —Marshall McLuhan in 1977(!!)

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This was freaking awsome.

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Glad you enjoyed, because there's a lot that I had to leave out of this intro that will be coming in future installments!

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OH my!

If a 7 days trip cost a lot of money, I cant even imagination how much this would be 😱

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I believe that the absolute lowest starting price (smallest possible room, no window) was in 55-60k range – prohibitively expensive for most, but ultimately less than I expected!

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not entirely off topic is that circumnavigation is the only item on my bucket list; each passing year I feel less and less excited about forking up a good portion of my remaining assets to accomplish this; thank you for making procrastination seem brilliant with this one.

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