I Told You So.

[robling_t]

Interesting article on GPS and how it may be causing our navigational abilities to atrophy, which is something I've been worrying about for years (no, really). I've only ever gotten lost lost once in my life -- in Dublin, as it happens -- and I can tell that I'm using the "if this is here, it's in relation to that so go there" method, as opposed to the breadcrumb-trail; in fact, the least effective way to give me directions is the absolute "go three blocks" method, because after the second block I'll usually have forgotten the rest of the sequence...