Excellent post, Clark . The analogy with the impact of photography on the visual arts is really thought-provoking. And, funnily enough, I happened to be in a taxi during rush hour last week with a driver who wasn't using GPS. Unfortunately, I noticed this mid-way through the journey so I couldn't compare his performance to the Google Maps estimate. But my anecdotal observation is that he did pretty well... until it came to paying by card--he couldn't get the card reader to work with his phone. :)
Excellent post, Clark . The analogy with the impact of photography on the visual arts is really thought-provoking. And, funnily enough, I happened to be in a taxi during rush hour last week with a driver who wasn't using GPS. Unfortunately, I noticed this mid-way through the journey so I couldn't compare his performance to the Google Maps estimate. But my anecdotal observation is that he did pretty well... until it came to paying by card--he couldn't get the card reader to work with his phone. :)