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George Michelsen Foy

George Michelsen Foy is the author of Finding North: How Navigation Makes Us Human, published in May 2016 by Flatiron Books.

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Is GPS Dangerous to Your Health?

GPS systems and apps have made getting lost a thing of the past. But that, scientists say, is not such a good thing for humans hardwired to explore. It makes us, in a word, dumber.

George Michelsen Foy

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