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253: John was lost in the woods
Technology is making it more and more difficult to get lost.
Right
now, I’m here in my home in Florida. I could pull out my phone,
type in any random address in, say, Washington state – the other
end of the country. Roughly 3,000 miles away. And within a few
seconds, I would have turn by turn audio directions that would enable
me to drive directly to that address. I know, GPS isn’t always
perfect, but it’s really an amazing example of technology. And
usually it works so smoothly that we just take it for granted.
But
what if you’re on foot, and your phone’s battery dies? Now you
have nothing to tell you which direction to go, and you have no way
to contact anyone for help. That’s what happened to John.
John
told this story on the podcast about 7 years ago in one of the very
early episodes. He was hiking in an area that he was not familiar
with. And a hike in the deep woods that was only supposed to be a few
hours turned into days.
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Graphics
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Technology is making it more and more difficult to get lost.
Right
now, I’m here in my home in Florida. I could pull out my phone,
type in any random address in, say, Washington state – the other
end of the country. Roughly 3,000 miles away. And within a few
seconds, I would have turn by turn audio directions that would enable
me to drive directly to that address. I know, GPS isn’t always
perfect, but it’s really an amazing example of technology. And
usually it works so smoothly that we just take it for granted.
But
what if you’re on foot, and your phone’s battery dies? Now you
have nothing to tell you which direction to go, and you have no way
to contact anyone for help. That’s what happened to John.
John
told this story on the podcast about 7 years ago in one of the very
early episodes. He was hiking in an area that he was not familiar
with. And a hike in the deep woods that was only supposed to be a few
hours turned into days.
Full
show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/253
Graphics
for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.
Want
to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL
listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at
WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook
(many of the podcast guests are there as well)
Get
every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes
to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS.
Try
What Was That Like PLUS free:
iPhone:
at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try
free”
Android:
on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it
free on any app
Sponsor
deals:
Visit
[www.functionhealth.com/WHATWAS](http://www.functionhealth.com/WHATWAS)
or use gift code WHATWAS25 for a $25
credit
toward your membership.
Visit
[AuraFrames.com](http://AuraFrames.com) and use promo code WHATWAS at
checkout to get $45 off.
If
you’re 21 or older, get 25% OFF your first order + free shipping
@IndaCloud with code [WHATWAS] at https://inda.shop/[WHATWAS]!
#indacloudpod
Go
to [ThriveMarket.com/WHATWAS](http://ThriveMarket.com/WHATWAS) to get
30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift just for signing up.
Go
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