We used to consider someone well-educated who knew a broad range of facts - in geography, literature, current events, science, the arts. But nowadays, isn't that what the internet is for? This article explores how our increasing access to data has "outsourced" the storage of information from our brains to our Blackberries, and gives one perspective on what consequences we can expect.
Food for thought: If storage and recall of facts is a job now performed by our tech, not our minds, have we made ourselves obsolete? or is there still some role for human intelligence?
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