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.
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"What makes a life good — feeling good, or meaning something?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"If every part of you is slowly replaced — are you still the same person?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"Did you choose to be here right now — or did everything before this moment choose it for you?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"Would you build society differently if you didn't know who you'd be born as in it?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"What has been on your list for years that you secretly know you will never get to otherwise?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"If life comes with no built-in meaning — is that frightening or freeing?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"Which of your friendships are for use, which for fun — and which for the person themselves?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"Would you plug into a machine that gave you a perfect life — but only a simulated one — forever?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"Can wanting less be a kind of wealth?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"Can you ever really know what it feels like to be someone else?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"Does a city belong to the people who own it — or to the people who use it?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"You would save a child in front of you. Why is the same thing harder when the child is far away?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"Where does free speech end — and who gets to draw that line?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"In 1930 Keynes predicted we would be working fifteen hours a week by now. Why aren't we?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"People who do not exist yet cannot claim anything. Do they count anyway?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"You pay nothing. So what are you handing over instead?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"On a question almost nobody understands, should everyone still have an equal say?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified"When a self-driving car makes a mistake — who made it?"
Source: Own knowledge – unverified
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.
Source: Own knowledge – unverified
A small challenge
Challenge: head out together today — no destination, just walk until the conversation runs out. It rarely runs out as fast as you think.
Right now
Rain walk: sounds crazy, feels fantastic. Jacket on and go.