Nothing quite like hitting the road with a couple of buddies and no particular destination in mind. Maybe you’re hitting the road via car, and you’re going to drive until you feel like stopping. Maybe you’re hitting the road via subway, and you’re going to ride it until the end of the line, exploring new stops you’ve never seen before. And maybe, most classically of all, you’re hitting the road on foot, putting one in front of the other until you see something that looks interesting. All that matters is that you’re getting out of the world you once knew and getting in to something a little different. 

Stepping out of your own world is important for developing some perspective. You can’t learn that much about the world just by staying in your own box all the time. But the internet can get you part of the way there. It does hold infinite wisdom, after all.