Will computers make us stupid?
Some fascinating ideas in this article:
Do digital diaries mess up your brain?
This blew me away:
In fact, it’s not inconceivable that a microchip could be implanted in the brain that would be used to make external copies of memory, said Dr. Gary Small, director of the UCLA Center on Aging and co-author of the book “iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind.”
On the plus side, this would help patients with Alzheimer’s disease who have begun to forget key elements of their existence, he said. Presenting them their own memories could add “another 10 years of cognitive life,” he said.