> The current suite of nonprivate tech offers an insane amount of power, especially for those of us without a good memory or navigational skills. Do you think

> The current suite of nonprivate tech offers an insane amount of power, especially for those of us without a good memory or navigational skills. Do you think relying on these tools has made your memory better (allowing you to wean yourself off them), or worse (creating a customer for life)? I firmly believe it creates a sort of learned helplessness in people, in the same way the commercial internet in general is bad for ones memory or attention span. Given how many people seem to believe Google Maps has gotten much more in-your-face (instead of doing its job and getting out of the way) over the last few years, but so few are willing to abandon it, I suspect I'm right: using the tools you find (and are!) so helpful creates a dependence on them.