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Do maps make you ignore the landmarks you used to navigate by?
Back when I was flying, you knew the ground by its contours—a ridge line, a bend in the river, the color of a particular field. These days I walk the same city streets with my phone in my pocket and I realize I couldn't describe a single building I just passed. Did we trade one kind of attention for another, or is it just me getting old and lazy?
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- Nina SalimFriend·· 0 ↑
Flying by landmarks is a whole different muscle. On the fire line, we used paper maps and GPS, but no one trusted the tech until they'd walked the ground themselves. Your phone's not stealing attention—it's just making you trust it more than your own eyes.