On top of individual expression, I'm also curious what the longterm effect of all of these 'handy tools' is going to be on our cognitive abilities. There was st

On top of individual expression, I'm also curious what the longterm effect of all of these 'handy tools' is going to be on our cognitive abilities. There was study from Microsoft indicating that our average attention span has decreased some 33% just since 2000. And 'Google Brain' - where individuals have ever increasing difficulty recalling information, instead supplanted with where to find things, has also been academically confirmed. [1] These are some pretty serious effects for things that are less than a 2 decades old. And it's likely that we've only scratched the surface of conveniences to come. I'm not sure if we're headed towards the Borg (or more accurately the Bynars for any other TNG fans) or Idiocracy. [1] - http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/dwegner/files/sparrow_et_al._2011.pdf http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/dwegner/files/sparrow_et_al...