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Published · transcript-backedChris Blattman: belief
14 Mar 2018 Conversations with Tyler Chris Blattman on Development, Conflict, and Doing What's Interesting
“If you can go and spend a long period of time, like a couple of months, which most people can’t, then I think trying to find an excuse to live in a village is an incredible experience.”
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- Chris Blattman
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- belief
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- 14 Mar 2018
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Let’s say that I’m coming to you, and I’m a seasoned traveler. I’ve been to a lot of countries, but let’s say that I’ve never been to Africa before, and you’re giving me your two-, three-minute pitch on how to think about where to go in Africa, and how to do it. What’s your take? If you can go and spend a long period of time, like a couple of months, which most people can’t, then I think trying to find an excuse to live in a village is an incredible experience. There’s more ways to do that than you’d think, than just voluntourism. Barring that, I would say . . . How long do we have? Do we have a week or two weeks? Two or three weeks. Next trip, maybe there’ll be more if you give me good advice.…
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