Dependence on technology

My blog post yesterday was late because I set the posting time for 1130 PM instead of AM, and just trusted it to post at the usual time.

I recently read that people who rely on GPS learn the streets of their area slower, and with less accuracy. I always have been a proponent of technology for freeing up brainspace we can use for other things, but I wonder what other effects it may have. If we stop taking the energy to learn one thing, will it translate to other things as well?

It’s best to keep an active mind, in whatever you’re doing, and not rely too much on machines to think for you…

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