On the link between great thinking and obsessive walking

Post by faeyanpiraat » Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 5:28 AM UTC

amvalo wrote: post #81

throwaway803453 wrote: post #49

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I wasn't sure if my comment was in the spirit of HN given it's overly personal and is now totally irrelevant to the lithub post. But since you asked -- before the PD's conclusion I told myself I would just accept whatever they report. But doing that has now left me with the lifelong burden of falsely accusing two people of murder. The people were desperately poor in-laws. He was becoming cash poor but was still home…

If he knew they were going to kill him why did he let them visit?

Post by jiocrag » Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 5:30 AM UTC

silisili wrote: post #92

jiocrag wrote: post #84

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“Come on…” said every person uncomfortable with the brutal history of race relations and living in denial about its long term effects.

I'm not uncomfortable with it, just past it. My family's always been poor, and didn't oppress anyone. But, I do recognize that some did. 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.

Post by Gustomaximus » Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 5:58 AM UTC

jiocrag wrote: post #103

silisili wrote: post #92

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I'm not uncomfortable with it, just past it. My family's always been poor, and didn't oppress anyone. But, I do recognize that some did. 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.

You’re empirically wrong. Leisurely walking is a privilege of affluence. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6095595/

Post by jolux » Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 6:06 AM UTC

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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…

>This statement is a bit broad and thus debatable in overall accuracy the statement is very broad and as such laughable. Basically it implies history is something that has existed in the last few hundred years in the Americas. It's ridiculous enough it could easily fit in a satirical skit. >"justifiably walking thoughts free with impunity" is indeed the privilege of white men in the lands of white men - maybe lose th…

Post by shreyshnaccount » Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 6:13 AM UTC

Kaibeezy wrote: post #11

math-dev wrote: post #6

I agree 100% with this article - I do my best thinking when walking. It is the combination of light exercise that gets the blood moving (to the brain!), but not too strenuous that our minds must devote mental energy to the act of phsyical exercise, the oxygen from the fresh air, the feeling of _wandering_ and letting our minds wander. Sometimes I struggle with deep thinking at my desk - its too quiet / stable. A litt…

We took in an older dog who had worked for 10 years at a hunting lodge. He’s incredibly well trained, doesn’t need a leash, doesn’t go wild or bark his head off under any provocation, and is happy going for long walks at a slow pace with random pauses. I’ve lost track number and quality of excellent solutions I have come up with on these walks, including three provisional patents filed and a major contract saved. He’…