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Issue No. 47 · May 22, 2026
On the Pleasure of Getting Lost
This week we've been thinking about disorientation as a creative act. Elena Vargas reports from Lisbon's labyrinthine Alfama district, where getting lost is the point. Margaret Chen shares a recipe for uncertainty (it involves anchovies). And James Whitfield argues that the best buildings are the ones you can't navigate by intuition...
"The algorithm knows where you want to go. A good city doesn't."