@pforti (Fabian Pfortmüller), Chairman & Co-Founder of the Sandbox Network

Named one of the top 99 people under the age of 33!! Congrats!

I cannot agree more with this statement.

I can relate to it as a student who’s studied, worked and travelled in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam; Vientiane, Laos; Bangkok, Thailand; San Diego, California; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Washington DC; Cambridge; Montréal, Canada and Paris, France.

It’s been wonderful that distance was not (too much of) an obstacle. I feel like my horizons are constantly broadening and that I learn more and more about the world we share. When a new scientific discovery is made halfway aroudn the world, when a bomb goes off, when a natural disaster occurs I feel like I am more likely to care if I’ve been there, I’ve met the people and experienced the culture… seen peoples’ lives.

What’s also great about exchanges like MRISA and ERASMUS and activities like Model UN is that we work together, meet and learn from each other, on the same level. The volunteer and humanitarian purpose for which people sometimes travel is well-intentioned, but will soon be outdated. We need strong global partnerships and interdependence, not dependence.

It’s great to see Fabian take this to the professional level with Sandbox. We should never stop learning, even after school is over!

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Oh hey, I’ve missed out on Sandbox - been too busy reinventing my creative self. But YES to this quote YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Which is why I’m all for making visas & passports less of a pain in the arse, especially for people from developing/”green passport” countries.