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This week on Spark and Fire, composer Chris Bowers talks about the power of music to make you feel something. What would happen if GPS stopped working? We'd be less likely to drive into rivers or over cliffs through misplaced trust in our navigation devices. With no GPS, emergency services start struggling. There are snarl ups at ports. Container cranes need GPS to unload ships. Factories stand idle when their inputs don't arrive just in time. 50 Things That Made The Modern Economy With Tim Harford.