The dialectical opposite of the navigational paradigm at work in the compass is the flâneur. Rather than using a planned route through the hypertext, the flâneur (or flâneuse) wanders through the city, thinking deep thoughts. As he wanders, he notices small details of the life of the city -- those details make connections available to him.

• What are the limits of a "planned" route? How does literate culture make use of the "planned route?"
• What practices might help hypertext authors/readers move away from the cartographic culture? What practice might we make available to readers who are trying to eschew topographic reading practices?