Daniel Dennett on Tools To Transform Our Thinking
Intelligence Squared
The Future of Thinking Tools
In the same way that we're not quite as good with axes as some of our forebears, do you think that generations get better and worse at using thinking tools? And if so, where do you see the future? Well, first of all, let's confirm that people get worse. How many in this room know how to run a slide rule? Is there anybody under 40 who can actually do the algorithm for finding a square root? Yeah, but not many. When you can do it all on your hand calculator, you don't bother learning the technique anymore. GPS is probably seriously diminishing our capacity to read maps. Wonderful thinking tool which is becoming more and more sort of obsolete
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