Comments on: Is Technology Making Us Dumb?

By: johannes thiecke

johannes thiecke — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:37:10 +0000

I know that the next statement sounds like a huge generalization which,like any generalization,doesn’t cover the numerous exceptions to this “rule of automatisation makes our brains redundant” but nevertheless – I’ve been working in IT industry for 25 years now starting with repairing old IBM printers to writing administrative scripts for the large enterprise I’m working for now – I fear that in a couple of decades the capacity of human brain will have reduced to such a level that the only thing it can think about while wanting to undertake any action – from cooking an egg to writing a decent letter – will be “where do I have to click with the mouse?”.
Are we acting like the wizard apprentice in story still known my most of us?…..

By: Helena

Helena — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:30:53 +0000

Well, it won’t make me dumber, ’cause I have no intention of utilising this GPS technology in any way, any time soon.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:56:48 +0000

That ending was so sexy.

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By: tb

tb — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:44:55 +0000

I love the that is what my data analysis software told me! Our upper-management wants a dashboard now. I would guess our explaining on what is happening was not satisfactory. The bad part is that they can’t even open Microsoft Word. I have been exploring new products that I can develop a dashboard pretty fast in. I have to disagree with the DMV thing. I live in Tallahassee, I like to call it the smart part of Florida. The main DMV here is quite streamlined and not to mention there are a lot of things I can do online. I have never experienced the snake lines. I wouldn’t consider the people behind the counter super-smart, but they are efficient. In fact they are more efficient than some of their over-sea out-source/off-shored counterparts.

By: JR Raphael

JR Raphael — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:40:42 +0000

@AS/400, I’m with you on that — I think we can go ahead and group the DMV employees with most of the customers. I guess it’s actually a pretty good match when you think about it…

By: AS/400 Geek

AS/400 Geek — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:07:08 +0000

I enjoyed this post and agree with it totally. Do we really need a GPS in our car to tell us how to get to WalMart? Do we really need to surf the internet on our phones? I also agree about the DMV except that the same problem exists on the other side of the counter also. The people that work there act as if they have all the time in the world when the line wraps around the building three times! It does make you worry about our society as a whole and where we are heading.