A lot of this stuff depends on how a person chooses to engage, but my contrarian take is that actually throughout history whenever anyone said X technology will lead to the downfall of humanity for y reasons, that take was usually correct.
The article he references gives this example:
“Is it lazy to watch a movie instead of making up a story in your head?”
Yes, yes it is, this was a worry when we transitioned from oral culture to written culture, and I think it was probably prescient.
For many if not most people cultural or technological expectations around what skills you _have_ to learn probably have an impact on total capability. We probably lost something when Google Maps came out and the average person didn’t have to learn to read a map.
When we transitioned from paper and evening news to 24 hour partisan cable news, I think more people outsourced their political opinions to those channels.
> We probably lost something when Google Maps came out and the average person didn’t have to learn to read a map.
Even in my mid 30s I see this issue with people around my age. Even for local areas, it seems like no one really understands what direction they are heading, they just kinda toggle on the GPS and listen for what to do... forever?
On pretty much every modern GPS, there is a button to show the full route instead of the current step the user is on(as well as keeping it in a static orientation). I feel like just that being the default most of the time, would help a ton of people.
The article he references gives this example:
“Is it lazy to watch a movie instead of making up a story in your head?”
Yes, yes it is, this was a worry when we transitioned from oral culture to written culture, and I think it was probably prescient.
For many if not most people cultural or technological expectations around what skills you _have_ to learn probably have an impact on total capability. We probably lost something when Google Maps came out and the average person didn’t have to learn to read a map.
When we transitioned from paper and evening news to 24 hour partisan cable news, I think more people outsourced their political opinions to those channels.