East is east

Last night a woman at Union Square asked me which way was east. And I knew! And I don’t even have an iPhone!

Then I got to thinking about how east is relative. Are we east of Chelsea? Yes. But you could also say we are just really, really far west.

In a compass-free future, will they say “east?” Or just “E?” Will “east” look to them like “Thou” looks to us? Or maybe they’ll just call it “left?”

(photo via ouchiscool)

Notes

  1. vinho reblogged this from obsoletethebook and added:
    had chelsea’s name in it =D
  2. obsoletethebook posted this