The most mind-bending “where the hell am I?” exercise in Grandomastery: Google Maps drops you at a truly bizarre, randomly chosen real-world coordinate (an abandoned Soviet submarine base in Ukraine, a lonely vending machine in the middle of Hokkaido countryside, a neon-lit rooftop in Jakarta, a salt flat in Bolivia with a single tree). You have 8–12 minutes to deliver a completely convincing, deadpan spoken monologue (or written field report) that: explains exactly why you,