With technology, nobody ever needs to retain information ever again. It's just a Google away. That's a different - although interesting - discussion. You get s

With technology, nobody ever needs to retain information ever again. It's just a Google away. That's a different - although interesting - discussion. You get so much more from learning a language than just retaining information. I'd liken it to learning the piano; whilst plenty of people are happy to press a button and hear sounds come out, sometimes it's really nice to sit down and play, you know? :)