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The Authenticity Industrial Complex

How the travel industry commodified 'authentic experiences' and what we lost in the process. A critique of the language that turned genuine connection into a product category.

Jan 2, 2025·6 min read

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Rejecting the curated, the comfortable, and the commodified. Real travel begins where the guidebook ends.

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Michael Kovnick

Michael works inside the travel industry and writes critically about its language, incentives, and assumptions.

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