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Hunter gatherers (who mostly aren't white) probably do way more walking than most modern people.
The Australian indigenous peoples walked 9 miles a day (men) and 5 miles a day (women).
"Historically, however, walking has been the privilege of white men." Come on... Anyway, Nietzsche used to walk before writing like Darwin Long time ago I read that walking or taking a shower make your thinking more effective because it somehow enables automation mode and allow to be more focused
“Come on…” said every person uncomfortable with the brutal history of race relations and living in denial about its long term effects.
I don't see it today. In fact, in my home city, I'd argue there's more areas where a black could walk freely than a white.
But that's just city life and demographics in a shitty US city. In the world, walking is not a racebound privilege.
Usually I pace, sometimes I stroll, always outside.
Now I’m feeling guilty for listening to audio books while walking instead of engaging in great thinking.
I listen to lectures on things that have nothing to do with my day job, and I love every minute of it. Listening to something you find interesting while walking is a delightful match.
"Historically, however, walking has been the privilege of white men." Come on... Anyway, Nietzsche used to walk before writing like Darwin Long time ago I read that walking or taking a shower make your thinking more effective because it somehow enables automation mode and allow to be more focused
This statement is a bit broad and thus debatable in overall accuracy, but it is based on something real. It is probably overly centered on the western and white-centric world, since being white or not doesn't even come into question in many other parts of the world. But in the US/Europe... Women have been, for valid reasons and patriarchal overprotectiveness, been trained to feel vulnerable and exposed when walking o…
Been trained?
“10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman”:
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This statement is a bit broad and thus debatable in overall accuracy, but it is based on something real. It is probably overly centered on the western and white-centric world, since being white or not doesn't even come into question in many other parts of the world. But in the US/Europe... Women have been, for valid reasons and patriarchal overprotectiveness, been trained to feel vulnerable and exposed when walking o…
> Women have been, for valid reasons and patriarchal overprotectiveness, been trained to feel vulnerable and exposed when walking outside. Been trained? “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A
After living in AU I'm surprised by how many of my co-workers do walking as part of their lunch break. Me on the other hand just stay at my computer, code, when I'm stuck I stop and think.. Maybe I should start walking rather than being a lazy ass
"Historically, however, walking has been the privilege of white men." Come on... Anyway, Nietzsche used to walk before writing like Darwin Long time ago I read that walking or taking a shower make your thinking more effective because it somehow enables automation mode and allow to be more focused
“Come on…” said every person uncomfortable with the brutal history of race relations and living in denial about its long term effects.
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I listen to lectures on things that have nothing to do with my day job, and I love every minute of it. Listening to something you find interesting while walking is a delightful match.
Interesting indeed. Where can you find lectures that are far removed from, say, software engineering, but still provide solid new information without being either too superficial or too hard to grasp due to level of depth? I don't like to exercise but may be something like this would get me to go for walks.
For example: I'm personally interested in archaeology & anthropology, and just finished this lecture series covering ancient mesoamerica: https://www.audible.com/pd/Maya-to-Aztec-Ancient-Mesoamerica...
48 lectures, ~23 hours. Loved it. Didn't spent a single minute the entire time thinking about anything even tangentially related to iptables, regular expressions, or why patch tuesday makes my eyelid twitch.
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The Australian indigenous peoples walked 9 miles a day (men) and 5 miles a day (women).
So the men left the women behind? Or the women weren't allowed to walk as much? We need to close that mile gap!