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I couldn't read the article because of the pay wall, but if the argument is "stop using GPS because it weakens some part of your brain", it's the same old argum
by StavrosK 7y ago
I couldn't read the article because of the pay wall, but if the argument is "stop using GPS because it weakens some part of your brain", it's the same old argument.
It's frustrating to me to see this rehashed all the time because it amounts to "stop using a useful thing because it degrades your skills when you don't have that thing". Yeah, the reason I don't care about memorizing a hundred phone numbers any more is because I never need to type one in.
- msla 7y agoAnd nobody memorized a hundred phone numbers anyway. Beyond a certain point, people had books (little black books, even) with phone numbers written in them. My point is, whenever people rail against new technology, they tend to forget about old technology and how that was supposed to be the downfall of mankind back when it was new, or at least in the spotlight. For example, before TV, we had novels, and, much like how TV was railed against for destroying your mind, novels were supposed to be dangerous and deleterious: http://www.merrycoz.org/books/CONFESSN.xhtml http://www.merrycoz.org/books/CONFESSN.xhtml http://www.merrycoz.org/books/DEVOURNG.xhtml http://www.merrycoz.org/books/DEVOURNG.xhtml
- tsjq 7y agoPaywall bypass : https://outline.com/muUPmD https://outline.com/muUPmD