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Follow the GPS to the letter in Rome? You get lost. Better keep your eyes open…

0:27Marco Montemagno · YouTubeIn Italian
A paper map and compass in front of a lime path crossing hills towards a city.AI illustration

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Montemagno uses the map-and-territory image to suggest checking directions against what is actually happening. He says he lived in Rome for a year and a half and jokes about one-way streets to describe the risk of following GPS without watching the road. The anecdote supports attention and judgement; it does not document traffic-rule changes or a crash.

Key points

  • A representation of reality can be useful without being identical to reality.
  • The Rome-and-GPS anecdote illustrates following a tool without observing the context.
  • Keeping one’s eyes on the road becomes a concrete example of attention and judgement.
Open the source: Seguire alla lettera il GPS a Roma? Ti perdi. Meglio tenere sempre gli occhi aperti.…

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