It is easy to get boxed in with our own thinking. At times, based on social media algorithms, what we see, hear, and consume can be limited to an echo chamber of familiarity. Therefore, what we experience in the daily rhythms of life becomes normalized and then set into a routine. As a result, it is easy to go through life with something like blinders on, you know, like the ones at times placed on horses to limit their vision so they’re not easily spooked.
But then something happens, and it is as if those blinders are ripped off, our echo chamber is depressurized, and our routine is sabotaged. That's what happened when I explored the coffee scene over the summer in Bangkok ...
