Word of the day #4

Flâneur

  1. One who strolls aimlessly
  2. An idle, gossiping saunterer
  3. An affluent urban male walking the city without agenda
  4. Connoisseur of the street

I was introduced to the idea of a flâneur by Nassim Taleb in his book Anti-fragile (and his subsequent tweets about flaneuring around New York).

Although I am by no means a flâneur, I am trying to do this more, walking without an agenda or destination; it is quite a challenge for my type A personality.

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