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Why GPS dependence creates spatial disorientation

My GPS always finds the fastest route but I never remember how I got anywhere and feel lost in my own city.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Outsourcing navigation to technology atrophies our embodied relationship with place and direction.

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