Vis

Right.

And today's deep dive is, well, it's an unvarnished, highly detailed audit of Vis, Croatia.

Exactly.

We have our hands on this really comprehensive travel dossier today.

It's actually there to make you work for it.

It really is.

To really understand the island of Vis, I want you to imagine the geographical equivalent of an exclusive, hard-to-find speakeasy.

Oh, that's a good way to put it.

Was it a success? I don’t know, but it was the first time something like that had been done.

This year, on the tenth anniversary of The Human Diver and the fifth anniversary of the original conference, we ran another Human Factors in Diving conference, this time in person on the island of Vis, Croatia.

It was another experiment.

In a complex adaptive world experiments, including critical feedback, are really the only way of seeing if something works.

Let's look at two alternatives.

First is Vis.

Okay, Vis.

Vis is for quiet and authenticity.

Beds are 5-10% cheaper.

But the ferries from Split are pricier, right? Like $25 to $35 for a seat, and there are fewer of them.

Advar.

I have to ask you, the listener, to look in the mirror right now.