Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015@GabrielDuquette it's complicated of course but...trails are the first maps, maps are representations of information about a territory...114
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette ...used to navigate a territory (goal-directed behavior within the territory)12
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette many territories are self-mapping, assisting mental representations of them, often modified that way by past travelers25
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette (e.g large herbivore trails, some architecture)33
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @sarahdoingthing@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette If Mad Men is to be believed, homeless people/drifters also have a special marking code to help peers.5:23 PM · Aug 18, 2015
cwage@cwage·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo#Hobo_signs_.28symbols.29… (dunno if this is what mad men referred to)1