The "societal cost" you linked literally says this happens with paper maps too. The cause is incorrect maps, not GPS.

(And of course, idiotic behaviour... but GPS doesn't cause that.)

Overall GPS has been an absolutely enormous benefit for society with barely any downside other than nostalgia for map reading.

I think that is exactly the point, that leads people to act in idiotic ways: GPS has been too damn good, so people blindly trust it, even second guessing or ignoring their own perception. The more reliable and easy to access a tool is, the more we trust it and often blindly trust it.