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> It's mindblowing to consider these past ages, and how all those people who just went on with the business of living and learning even without GPS or Wikipedia
by wahern 4y ago
> It's mindblowing to consider these past ages, and how all those people who just went on with the business of living and learning even without GPS or Wikipedia, and did pretty well regardless.
They definitely had GPS back then, which has just barely survived into the 21st century: https://www.mongolianexperiment.com/mongolia/navigating-by-mongolian-gps-the-ger-positioning-system/ https://www.mongolianexperiment.com/mongolia/navigating-by-m...
- MonkeyClub 4y agoHaha, surprising point taken! I was expecting some Antikythera link :)