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Turn off the blue dot. Work out where you are. Try a map that shows the world differently.

@markcooperjones believes we may gain something valuable by navigating for ourselves again.

When did finding your way become simply following instructions?

#MapMen #Navigation #GPS #3Takeaways by @3takeaways

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@jayforemanmusic believes the worst maps are often the most fun to explore.

Distortions, confusing details, and obvious errors give us something to examine and question.

What might a bad map reveal once you start picking it apart?

#MapMen #Maps #Cartography #3Takeaways by @3takeaways

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2 days ago

Large countries can look powerful on a map.

The Map Men raise a strange possibility: looking large could also make a country more tempting to people who want to control it.

Could appearing smaller sometimes be a strategic advantage?

#MapMen #Geopolitics #3Takeaways by @3takeaways

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3 days ago

London taxi drivers traditionally spend years memorizing thousands of streets.

The Map Men explore research revealing a remarkable connection between navigation, the brain, and memory.

What could happen when GPS does all the navigating for us?

#MapMen #GPS #BrainHealth #3Takeaways by @3takeaways

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New Zealand has disappeared from so many maps that people created an entire online community to document it.

The Map Men share how even the New Zealand government joined the joke.

But why does the same country keep going missing?

#MapMen #NewZealand #3Takeaways by @3takeaways

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5 days ago

Correct the size, and the shapes become distorted. Fix the shapes, and the distances become misleading.

The Map Men explain why every flat map must get something wrong.

So how do we decide which version of the world to trust?

#MapMen #Cartography #3Takeaways by @3takeaways

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A map may look like a neutral record of reality.

The Map Men show how every map reflects choices about history, ownership, borders, and what gets left out.

If maps aren’t completely objective, what other trusted sources deserve a second look?

#MapMen #CriticalThinking #MediaLiteracy #3Takeaways by @3takeaways

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6 days ago

A map designed to help sailors navigate ended up shaping how billions of people picture the world.

The Map Men explain why it makes Greenland look almost as large as Africa, even though Africa is about 14 times larger.

How did such a distorted map become our global default?

#MapMen #Cartography #3Takeaways by @3takeaways

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GPS relieved us of the need to think about where we are.

After researching its effects, the Map Men began wondering whether AI could do something similar to our problem-solving and creativity.

If we keep outsourcing difficult thinking, which abilities might we quietly stop developing?

#MapMen #ArtificialIntelligence #3Takeaways by @3takeaways

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Historian Robert Kagan, a Senior Fellow at @brookingsinst, says China and Russia currently see America looking weaker than ever before.

What does that mean for the world order?

Watch the full conversation on the 3 Takeaways™ Youtube channel or listen anywhere you get your podcasts. by @3takeaways

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8 days ago

Drones hitting apartment buildings in Romania. Damaged airfields in Germany. Historian Robert Kagan calls this hybrid warfare, testing the weakest-ever period in the history of the trans-Atlantic relationship.

So far, he says, the answer to whether the U.S. will show up has not been reassuring.

Watch the full conversation on the 3 Takeaways™ Youtube channel or listen anywhere you get your podcasts. by @3takeaways

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If China ever moves toward taking Taiwan, historian Robert Kagan, a Senior Fellow at the @brookingsinst, says there's one country standing in the way - and it isn't the United States.

Watch the full conversation on the 3 Takeaways™ Youtube channel or listen anywhere you get your podcasts. by @3takeaways

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