a fascinating question posed by a friend of mine: would you rather
- be able to video game style double jump
- have a video game style mini-map accessible in your head on demand
obviously these are poorly-specified and each could range from "largely useless" to "extremely powerful" depending on which games you pull from, but assume that whatever power level you choose to imagine for one is matched by the other
learning maps is easy fun and free
you too can talk about roads like an uncle and navigate without a phone, much to the bewilderment of 20-year-olds around you
plus every now and again you get to beat google maps but it does have the advantage of knowing the traffic in real time