Where Are We?
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Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World by Katherine Dunn; Bloomsbury, 384 pp., $29.99
Not so very long ago, getting from here to there involved the awkward origami of unfolding a large paper map in the confines of a car, or depending on the kindness of strangers. Only in the past two decades have we shifted our allegiance to the electronic maps easily accessible in our dashboard or pocket. But our confidence in maps, our belief that they mean only to serve us, has always been somewhat
Not so very long ago, getting from here to there involved the awkward origami of unfolding a large paper map in the confines of a car, or depending on the kindness of strangers. Only in the past two decades have we shifted our allegiance to the electronic maps easily accessible in our dashboard or pocket. But our confidence in maps, our belief that they mean only to serve us, has always been somewhat
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