Wouldn't be surprised if you knew this, given the above, but Peter Thiel on maps is fun. In Zero to One he says that he thinks the absence of terra incognita on maps is harmful. It used to remind us that we didn't know everything about the world, but the absence of geographical frontiers lets us forget how many of the things in the world remain hidden, not merely from a few, but from everyone. So in a chapter about how it's unfortunate for society when people simply exploit existing knowledge rather than seek new knowledge:

Why has so much of our society come to believe no hard secrets are left?

It might start with geography. There are no blank spaces left on the map anymore. If you grew up in the 18th century, there were still new places to go... today explorers are found mostly in history books and children's tales. Parents don't expect their kids to become explorers any more than they expect them to become pirates or sultans."

Of course, given that this is Thiel, the plea to search for secrets and hidden knowledge is implicitly followed by the command to seek dominion.

Also, Borges is the best.