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I have been wondering recently whether this is a bad thing. Because having the right ideas in memory is often required for making creative leaps. Relying too mu
by thewarrior 4y ago
I have been wondering recently whether this is a bad thing. Because having the right ideas in memory is often required for making creative leaps. Relying too much on google can actually inhibit creativity.
- acidburnNSA 4y agoI used to worry that it was bad, but now I've embraced it. I try to know just enough to synthesize new thoughts but can defer to Google for details.
- throwawaysleep 4y agoOn the other hand, Google lets you actually find information rather than just wishing you had it. https://imgur.io/pumgE https://imgur.io/pumgE Do I remember a lower percentage of the facts I have encountered in life than others? Almost certainly. But I also bet that I have encountered vastly more as a result.
- nonrandomstring 4y ago> Google lets you actually find information rather than just wishing you had it. Correct. And that's a problem. The "wishing you had it" part is actually really important. Creativity and understanding isn't just assembling a jigsaw puzzle of discrete information facts. Holding together a mental model, including many partial and missing pieces of information, is how innovative leaps occur. A Google driven life, treading over popular, permitted pathways is comfortable and convenient but requires only some small fraction of the adult human brain. More is not necessarily more when it comes to information.
- potatoman22 4y agoI don't think it's bad overall. Web search has essentially extended our recall abilities to everything that's easily searchable if you have a device on hand.