Inside the #London School Where Cabbies Learn the...
May 26 2016 , Written by Ola Fagbohun Published on #London
Inside the #London School Where Cabbies Learn the Fabled Knowledge | WIRED https://t.co/2DKP0xYdvu
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Inside the London School Where Cabbies Learn the Fabled Knowledge
There are 25,000 streets in central London, laid out in a manner best described as willy-nilly. Anyone who wants to drive a cab must memorize them all. This arcane body of knowledge is called, in typical British understatement, The Knowledge. Mastering it takes more than three years, and physically changes your brain.
http://www.wired.com/2016/05/alexander-wilson-the-knowledge/
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