> Isn't a modern smartphone the best "bicycle of the mind" we could 've imagined in 1990s? No. Not even close. Smartphones are more akin to a weird combinati

> Isn't a modern smartphone the best "bicycle of the mind" we could 've imagined in 1990s? No. Not even close. Smartphones are more akin to a weird combination of shopping mall and the Stasi than anything like what that phrase was supposed to mean. Compare and contrast with "Dynabook" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook