On familiar roads, GPS says turn right, my mind says left. I follow GPS. Why trust satellite algorithms over accumulated wisdom?

Technology seems infallible. GPS’s mathematical precision makes messy human intuition feel inferior. We forget GPS processes data but lacks context.

Digital dependency erodes self-trust. Our spatial memory atrophies. We’ve forgotten how to read landmarks, sense direction.

GPS symbolizes cognitive outsourcing. We delegate thinking to machines. Calculator for memory, Google for knowledge, GPS for navigation—all externalized.

But intuition isn’t just feeling—it’s accumulated experience. Our subconscious factors traffic patterns, shortcuts, road conditions. GPS misses nuance.

Perhaps we must learn using technology as tool, not master.