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41

46 min

The case for getting a little lost

With

Tomas Brekke

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Cartographer

Episode 41

Tomas draws maps for a living and still gets lost on purpose once a month. We talked about wayfinding, phones, and the useful panic of not knowing where you are.

46 min

Show notes

Tomas makes hand-drawn trail maps, and once a month he leaves every map at home and walks somewhere he’s never been. We tried it together on a stretch of coast neither of us knew.

What we talk about

How people found their way before blue dots. What you notice when you have to read the land. Why a little uncertainty is good for you, and when it stops being fun.

Recorded somewhere north of Manzanita. We think.

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