Don’t Go There!: From Chernobyl to North Korea—One Man’s Quest to Lose Himself and Find Everyone Else in the World’s Strangest Places

by Adam Fletcher

Perhaps uncertainty is a good trait, in line with the complexity of the world in which we live.

You confuse freedom with having no responsibilities. But that’s not freedom. That’s just selfishness.”

The wrong group gets too certain about themselves, their beliefs, and their rights. They pull society’s levers and inflict the repercussions upon everyone else. History is what happens when ego meets happenstance.

wasn’t sure I wanted to be arrogantly certain about anything.

The unfamiliarity of being where you don’t belong frees you from any expectations about how things there are supposed to work, and, in turn, how you will react to them. A childlike naivety takes over.

An obligation-less life is a selfish life.