“The crucial advantage of the handmade map is that it is designed for a particular person confronting a particular task,” writes Julia Turner. “Even if all computerized route maps eventually learn to mimic the most useful aspects of our homemade creations, we’ll keep drawing maps for one another and for ourselves. We’ll do it because we’ll come up with new things to chart and convey, and because we like to share our spatial understanding of the world.”
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"Even if all computerized route maps eventually learn to mimic the most useful aspects of our homemade creations, we'll keep drawing maps for one another and for ourselves," writes Julia Turner.
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April 2026
In this monthly issue, we examine how our understanding of energy — and how we source and use it — is evolving.
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