Living the cosmic horror, a god we didn't know we were summoning is changing our minds for the dumber.
Maybe the Amish were on to something.
but then they all died of measles.
Short term gains? The line likes that. We should push it even harder so line go up more!
I know this is true because I've seen people get dumber using their little bots for everything. But techbro will argue that you could say the exact same thing about the internet or electricity. Technically all inventions have made us dumber. The majority of people cant make clothes, do long division, build a log cabin etc because its all been made easier.
They could do those things (at least some of them) if they were taught and tried to do them, though. Someone else making your clothes for you is older than civilization, it’s basic task specialization. I think giving up thinking altogether is a different problem than giving up knowing how to make every single tool that you need to survive.
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