Is [a technology enhancing cognition] making us stupid? In some sense - yes. Every cognitive prosthetics or enhancer means that we do not need to develop a par

Is [a technology enhancing cognition] making us stupid? In some sense - yes. Every cognitive prosthetics or enhancer means that we do not need to develop a particular set of skills. At the same time - it allows us to move further! Thanks to writing, we don't need to remember everything. Thanks to the Internet, we can retrieve this information in seconds (not days or months, depending on if a book was in a nearby library). Integrals are the art of the past. Sure, it is still worth doing some, but rather than memorizing hundreds of tricks, let's focus on something different than reinventing the wheel.