This is very true. I'm curious what kinds of evolutionary biology impacts technologies like Google's search engine have on humanity. Before the internet, there

This is very true. I'm curious what kinds of evolutionary biology impacts technologies like Google's search engine have on humanity. Before the internet, there was a large motivation to memorize information in order to quickly retrieve it without a very costly lookup operation. Now, a more efficient method to access information is to "index" the information with your brain - i.e. just remember how to find it quickly with the right search terms. This way, a significantly larger amount of information can be accessed very quickly by an individual. I have noticed this in my own life. I consider my ability to recall things with Google to be a skill, and I consciously do not memorize pieces of information which I am fairly sure I will be able to find in <10 seconds. I think that using my brain as an index allows me to ingest more concepts, and as a result of that make more connections between concepts. It's definitely not without downsides though, an obvious one being a very high level of reliance on internet access. I wonder how this will play out over time, and if there are directly observable physiological differences between individuals with and without the internet as a form of memory-augmentation.