Yeah that’s a big part of it…shifting off the stuff that we don’t think is important (and probably isn’t). My view is that it’s escalated to where I’m using my phone calculator for stuff I did in my head in high school (I was a cashier in HS so it was easy)…which is also not a big deal but getting a little bigger than the phone number thing. From there, what if I used it to leverage a new programming API as opposed to using the docs site. Probably not a big deal but bigger than the calculator thing to me. My point is that it’s all these little things that don’t individually matter but together add up to some big changes in the way we think. We are outsourcing our thinking which would be helpful if we used the free capacity for higher level thinking but I’m not sure if we will.
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LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago[deleted]
assembly@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Your parents likely also can’t do quick mental math. That’s not smart phones, that’s just aging. You aren’t drilled anymore. You don’t do it everyday.
I taught middle schoolers remedial math for heads in my 20’s so I actually am very fast at basic arithmetic in my head. It’s because it’s more recent for me.
PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
One example: getting arrested
You might not. But you might (especially with this current admin). Cops will never let you use your phone after you’ve been detained. Unless you go free the same night, expect to never have a phone call with anyone but a lawyer or bail bonds agency.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Yes but why do I need to know a grade school friend’s number? I know my wife’s. I know my singlings’. These have changed too, so I’ve memorized them in the smartphone era. If you know no emergency number that’s just bad prep. Everyone should do that. But memorizing lots of numbers? Pointless.