>>10630381a certain tiny percentage in every population are "explorers" for lack of a better word. they are unable to fit into whatever societal, cultural, geographical, technical, etc boundaries they exist in.
back in the day among humanity, these were for example people in tribes on an island who got into a makeshift boat and paddled for miles to another island never to be seen again. sometimes it works out, most of the time it doesn't.
right now we're living in a time, where there is hardly anything to explore anymore for regular people.
he just couldn't help. i don't think he really acted this out rationally in his mind beforehand, it was just an urge to get away from it all and find something new.
