Walk
Facts, tips and ideas about Walk — and how to find people for it.
Did you know?
In a Stanford study, walking markedly boosted creative idea-finding compared to sitting. The best ideas often arrive on the move.
Source: Oppezzo & Schwartz, Stanford (2014)A walk in nature measurably reduces rumination — the same walk through the city does not.
Source: Bratman et al., Stanford (PNAS, 2015)Some things are easier to say walking side by side than sitting face to face. That is no accident.
Good to know
Do you know all the parks near you? Probably not. Time for a discovery walk.
Tip
A walk with no destination but one rule — and you end up in streets you have never seen.
Inspiration
"What makes a life good — feeling good, or meaning something?"
"If every part of you is slowly replaced — are you still the same person?"
"Did you choose to be here right now — or did everything before this moment choose it for you?"
"Would you build society differently if you didn't know who you'd be born as in it?"
"What has been on your list for years that you secretly know you will never get to otherwise?"
"If life comes with no built-in meaning — is that frightening or freeing?"
"Which of your friendships are for use, which for fun — and which for the person themselves?"
"Would you plug into a machine that gave you a perfect life — but only a simulated one — forever?"
"Can wanting less be a kind of wealth?"
"Can you ever really know what it feels like to be someone else?"
"Does a city belong to the people who own it — or to the people who use it?"
"You would save a child in front of you. Why is the same thing harder when the child is far away?"
"Where does free speech end — and who gets to draw that line?"
"In 1930 Keynes predicted we would be working fifteen hours a week by now. Why aren't we?"
"People who do not exist yet cannot claim anything. Do they count anyway?"
"You pay nothing. So what are you handing over instead?"
"On a question almost nobody understands, should everyone still have an equal say?"
"When a self-driving car makes a mistake — who made it?"
A small challenge
Just head out today, no destination — until the conversation runs out. It rarely runs out as fast as you think.
Right now
A walk in the rain sounds odd and is surprisingly good. A jacket is enough.
Not every line here is sourced. Where a source is named you can read it up; the rest is collected knowledge.