Why walking helps us think

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89 points·andsoitis··14 comments

If you read Walter Isaacson's book about Steve Jobs, you'll see he transformed four industries: computers, phones, music and film.

That took convincing the titans of those industries.

All those conversations occurred on walks in the forests behind Apple headquarters.

Walks are a super power.

funny i walk all the time and i haven’t done shot shit

Have you tried it in the forest behind Apple?

...as their CEO?

I wonder if it's the same mechanics as Zen Buddhism but from the western angle.

When do we do our best thinking? When we're not.

Related ongoing thread:

The thinking path - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37426107 - Sept 2023 (25 comments)

I try to walk at least 10,000 steps a day although I know that the number is based on a Japanese commercial (1). But it helped me to lose weight and fight my depression so kudos to whatever agency came up with the idea.

(1) https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/10000-steps-a-day-or-few...

I finally have some evidence to stop my wife's complaints.

Hahaha same. "Can you just sit still on the phone?" Absolutely not :D

Action item for me - push people to do a phone call rather than a zoom, then I do it while walking.

My Dad and I are like this. Any time we need to make phone call, we go for a walk.

I get complaints when it's windy outside.

2014, https://archive.ph/RQolM

I'm surprised that walking on a treadmill helped, given that the scenery is static.

Ahh walking.

Listen to that...

Just need to walk.

I honestly didn't want this thread. But thanks I guess.

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