Associate professor Kostas Pelechrinis recently gave a Ted Talk about “Navigating an urban environment beyond the shortest path.” In the talk he discusses the importance of interacting with your surroundings instead of always desiring quickness and efficiency. Imagine that one day you decide to take the long way home from work, relying on street signs instead of your phone, and you happen to meet your future spouse. Pelechrinis elaborates on this and other similar scenarios in his discussion.

Listen to the talk.