I always thought I had a good sense of navigation, until I realised it was getting quite bad.
More or less at the same time I found “Human Being: Reclaim 12 Vital Skills We’re Losing to Technology”, and the chapter on navigation hit me so hard I put the book down and refused to read any more until my navigation skills improved.
They're quite good now. I sit at the toilet staring at the map of my city, which I now know quite well. No longer navigate with my phone.
I'm scared about the chapter on communication, which I'm going through right now.
I do think we're losing those skills, and offloading more thinking to technology will further erode your own abilities. Perhaps you think you'll spend more time in high-cognition activities, but will you? Will all of us?
>Perhaps you think you'll spend more time in high-cognition activities, but will you? Will all of us?
When I can get a full time job again, I plan to. I was trying to learn how to 3d model before the tech scene exploded 3 years ago. I'm probably not trying to take back all 12 factors (I'm fine with where my writing is as of now, even if it is subpar), but I am trying to focus on what parts are important to me as a person and not take any shortcuts out of them.
> and the chapter on navigation hit me so hard I
Don't leave as hanging, what were they saying?
Hmm, it's very well written and I don't mean to butcher it. It touches on how the people of Polinesia would navigate and do it better than Western colonisers. It mentions tricks such as memorising reference points, understanding the cardinal directions, and whatnot. Print a map of your city and put it in the loo. I don't know, it's a great book and I won't do it any justice.