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the original human superpower: controlled falling, caught just in time, repeated until you arrive.
means The act of moving on foot at an ordinary pace, one leg always touching the ground.
from From Old English 'wealcan,' which meant not 'to stroll' but 'to roll, toss, or turn about' — and in the messy world of medieval cloth-making, 'to full' wool by trampling and pounding it underfoot. That foot-stomping sense (a 'walker' was once a cloth-fuller) gradually softened into the everyday meaning of putting one foot ahead of the other. Related to German 'walken,' to knead or full. So the word literally tramped its way from the fulling-mill into the open road.
controlled fallingeach step is a fall your other leg interrupts
big brainupright posture freed hands and grew the human mind
pendulum trickswinging legs store and return energy like a clock
thinking fuelwalks boost creative output by roughly sixty percent
toddler grindlearning to walk takes thousands of falls