I don't see how anyone could doubt the general conclusions. For instance: if you used a motorized scooter for all pedestrian activity for 5 years, do you think

I don't see how anyone could doubt the general conclusions. For instance: if you used a motorized scooter for all pedestrian activity for 5 years, do you think you'd have increased or decreased ability to get around without it? Obviously goggle is making us dumber, and goggle maps are reducing people's ability to navigate physical reality autonomously. Is this bad? For goggle shareholders, this isn't a side effect, it's the point. Of course someone who profits from the phenomenon wants people to be more dependent, not less.