Well today I was spacing out at work (yeah right) and thinking about how dependent humans around the globe have become to cellphones. I remember back in 2000 mobile phones weren’t that popular, you could go out of your house for a couple days without worrying about missing a call or being isolated from others you knew.
But now, it seems like most people cant go out of their house without their phones (I include myself). We use them for so many things nowadays like checking our e-mail, taking pictures, recording video and whatnot; these things that we didn’t need to do on the go before, are now necessary for some. Does anybody remember when we used to memorize the numbers of all of our friends and relatives? Now we rely on a device to tell us those couple digits, and we don’t even look at the number anymore, we just look for the name and click dial (touch for some of us).
Do you think this will impact human intelligence and ability to survive in the long run?
*Note: Feel free to post your thoughts on this matter in a comment.
