I Would Stare At Maps Of Delaware

There Must Be Something Innate About Maps, About This One Specific Way Of Picturing Our World And Our Relation To It, That Charms Us, Calls To Us, Won’t Let Us Look Anywhere Else In The Room If There’s A Map On The Wall.

For Me, It Started As A Child With One Of Those Little Wooden Jigsaw Maps Of The U.s., Wheres Theres Crocodiles On Florida And Apples On Washington State. That Was My Very First Map.

When You Make A Decision You Need Facts. If Those Facts Are In Your Brain, They're At Your Fingertips. If They're All In Google Somewhere You May Not Make The Right Decision On The Spur Of The Moment.

If Youre A Vegan Who Ran A Marathon & Got Your Dogs From A Shelter, How Do You Decide Which Thing To Wedge Into The Conversation First?

Knowing Lots Of Answers But Being A Millisecond Slow On The Buzzer Is Indeed Very Frustrating.