I was walking down an unfamiliar street the other day, but I had a pretty good sense of where I was going. Also, I could more or less keep in my head the general direction I was headed, so fairly soon I managed to get to a familiar intersection.<\/p>\n
While this was happening I was thinking about a potential downside to wearable technology. If I had been using a mature version of a wearable, I would have had the option to see an optimal route at all times.<\/p>\n
With the Cloud as my guide, I would have quickly learned to simply follow the directions on offer, confident that I would arrive at my destination in optimal time. I wouldn’t even need to think about it.<\/p>\n
And that’s the problem right there. With every new technology aimed at making our lives easier, another skill becomes lost.<\/p>\n
In this case, it would be the skill of place memory — the ability to navigate through a strange place using only one’s wits and common sense.<\/p>\n
Who knows, maybe this is a good thing. I’m thinking of the future generations may read this, long after the skill of navigating through a strange place without computer assistance has been forgotten.<\/p>\n
They will probably wonder what all the fuss was about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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