Original sentence: ... you can’t only be a virtual Global Nomad, with goggles on, in a virtual reality.Another intellectual hero is Larry Summers, the former President of Harvard, an amazing intellectual and academic, who is very deeply involved with the policy world.But I’ve found that there is nothing better than visiting a different country, even if for three days.By the age of six, instead of going to a yeshiva, I went to a secular Jewish school where I interacted with kids from all sorts of different backgrounds.For me he’s the model of a great intellectual.Had I gone to an orthodox Jewish school, I would perhaps be orthodox now and may have never become a Global Nomad.He credits a number of economists for his understanding of economics.He is both a rigorous academic and very human, involved in big picture issues such as poverty, AIDS, and Africa.He likes to refer to himself as a "global nomad", and says, "You can be sitting still surfing the Internet, and experience other worlds, ideas and societies.He said, "I was born into a relatively orthodox Jewish family in Iran, lived in Israel and Turkey, and then moved to Italy as a child.He said, "One person who has had a great impact on me intellectually was my adviser at Harvard, Jeffrey Sachs.He’s someone with a great mind that is also very engaged with the world.I am an information junkie and created RGE Monitor to collect information about what’s happening around the world.I worked for him for many years in the US Treasury during the Clinton Administration".In describing the purpose of RGE Monitor, he said, "the world is my home, so everything about society and culture — no matter how  — is worth knowing.Partly to fulfill this need, he became chairman of RGE Monitor, an economic consultancy for financial analysis.You have to be there.You have to see it, smell it and live it.You have to see people, travel, and interact