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My own prefrontal-thalamo-hippocampal circuit is so fucked up. I think modern technology has actually fucked it up really badly with nav systems. I used to car

My own prefrontal-thalamo-hippocampal circuit is so fucked up. I think modern technology has actually fucked it up really badly with nav systems. I used to carefully think through where I would drive (like 10 years ago) because if I started driving I wouldn't know where the heck to turn, etc.. I had to actually pre-map things out with a map or printed google map directions. You know that step-by-step print out they used to provide (maybe they still do?) In any case, it's gotten really bad. I start driving - like totally cavalier like I know what the fuck I'm doing now. I have no clue half the time what my destination is. But I know within seconds I can get my phone routed somewhere by saying "Navigate to starbucks". Problem is, like many other things that comes with driving, I get extremely frustrated when my cell signal is too weak to communicate to Google. It actually drives me bonkers. My wife is always telling me to route before I start driving. 99/100 times I will ignore that sage advice and get frustrated instead. So yeah, I really need to exercise my "prefrontal-thalamo-hippocampal" in like a Yoga class or something.

groby_b 8y ago
You might want to enable offline storage for your route/map, in which case you don't care about cell signal :)
hindsightbias 8y ago
To think how we used to work out detailed instructions from maps oriented north to get to where we need to go and now these apps are flipping orientation around and I have no idea which direction to go - driving while hunting for the setting to north. Uber has twice convinced me to cross busy streets erroneously and then I have to jaywalk thru traffic to get back. Remember the first time as a kid when you'd been driven everywhere and you're told to walk to school the first time? Unless you'd been paying attention at 8 or 9, you had no idea how to get there. I can't imagine what life would be like if I hadn't visited most metropolitan areas before the smartphone.
moneil971 8y ago
Now I'm reminiscing about driving with printed out MapQuest directions on the passenger seat. Now I use my phone to make sure I'm taking the fastest route even when I know the way.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
  I no longer get panicked phone calls from my wife where she's lost and needs me to get her going in the right direction, even though she doesn't know where she is. I'm OK with this new reality.

groby_b 8y ago

You might want to enable offline storage for your route/map, in which case you don't care about cell signal :)

hindsightbias 8y ago

To think how we used to work out detailed instructions from maps oriented north to get to where we need to go and now these apps are flipping orientation around and I have no idea which direction to go - driving while hunting for the setting to north. Uber has twice convinced me to cross busy streets erroneously and then I have to jaywalk thru traffic to get back. Remember the first time as a kid when you'd been driven everywhere and you're told to walk to school the first time? Unless you'd been paying attention at 8 or 9, you had no idea how to get there. I can't imagine what life would be like if I hadn't visited most metropolitan areas before the smartphone.

moneil971 8y ago

Now I'm reminiscing about driving with printed out MapQuest directions on the passenger seat. Now I use my phone to make sure I'm taking the fastest route even when I know the way.

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
I no longer get panicked phone calls from my wife where she's lost and needs me to get her going in the right direction, even though she doesn't know where she is. I'm OK with this new reality.