We don't realize how hard it was to drive anywhere outside the major cities less than a century ago.

For some reason the most devoted mapheads seem to be kids.

We don't realize how hard it was to drive anywhere outside the major cities less than a century ago.

There’s just something hypnotic about maps.

Sure I have a cell-phone, so I don't have to remember everyone's number anymore, but that really wasn't a core part of my brain.

I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even small city ones that smell like homeless internet users.

When you make a decision you need facts. If those facts are in your brain, they're at your fingertips. If they're all in Google somewhere you may not make the right decision on the spur of the moment.