Walk toward a destination and the brain runs closed-loop — vision narrows to a tunnel, people become obstacles to route around. Drop the destination and peripheral vision opens up, beta waves ease into alpha, and the mind starts connecting ideas it had filed separately. Every tangled chapter I've ever finished didn't untangle at the laptop — it untangled on a fogged-in walk up Telegraph Hill, watching gulls circle the bay.
Closed Loop vs. Open Drift
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