We’ve never met someone from outside the United States, of course. And it’s as unaffordable as it is unthinkable for an American citizen to travel to the few countries that still allow foreign visitors. The threat of death—or worse, of being taken captive for a ransom the US government simply can’t afford to pay—is a risk not many take. It’s funny. Just when technology shrank the world, making everywhere and everyone accessible, it’s all never felt more out of reach.
