Wandering
Using Intuition to Explore Territory
Back in October a client/friend flew me to Berlin. We did a few days of wandering and then he went back to his lab and I took a quick train loop around Central Europe. I got knocked out on the 3rd day in Berlin, and for the rest of
by Dan Flag, Feb 22, 2025
Wandering is Good For You v2 This post was originally known as Wandering is Good for You For 99% of human history, in the time before agriculture, wandering was a core behavior loop that we used to explore, understand, and influence the world around us. But in the last few
by Dan Flag, Nov 24, 2024
In Offenburg, Germany, waiting for a night train to Prague. Typing in a charmless bar, surrounded by old men silently watching soccer news out of one eye, and the bar maid out the other. Chris Isaak's Wicked Game is on the sound system. A guy with his belly
by Dan Flag, Oct 22, 2024
This is a story about an idiot, a piece of shit, and looong spoons. Yesterday after taking a nice coffee and croissant with my friend Nick, we rounded the corner back onto the high street Kurfürstendamm, which is filled with fancy clothes and self-care shops. I saw him coming. An
by Dan Flag, Oct 18, 2024
In Berlin. These motherfuckers don’t jaywalk. But they do have crows. And great, if sometimes cheesy graffiti. And beautiful buildings of disparate ages, with little paths wending between them. Magnificent. I left my apartment about 8:30 last night, took 3 trains to JFK, almost missed my 11:55
by Dan Flag, Oct 13, 2024