> a tribe that always specified the direction [...] eventually she acquired something like a bird's eye view in her mind Even when the language you speak doesn

> a tribe that always specified the direction [...] eventually she acquired something like a bird's eye view in her mind Even when the language you speak doesn't have this requirement, you can still pick up this skill. When you live for a few years in a cold square-grid city like those of northern China, you learn to always know which way is north so you don't lose direction walking around connector overpasses and subway tunnels in the winter.