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What can't you do anymore because a machine does it for you?
Directions, phone numbers, sums, spelling. Each one handed over saved a little effort and took away a little practice.
Your answer
A little context
Your phone dies on the way to a friend's new place, and you realize you have no idea where you are. You've driven these streets for years, always following a voice. The route was never yours to forget, because you never learned it. And still you wouldn't go back to paper maps.
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