Hello All! “The Shallows” by Nicholas Carr is a must-read. Enjoy this poem!
Out of the Shallows
Technology, Technology, Everywhere,
A modern-day ubiquity,
See the headlines of today,
Or the headlines of antiquity.
What a tool to have at hand,
So, much you can learn with ease,
Which fork to use when eating salad,
Or how to speak Japanese.
But the info’s always available,
The app is there in your hand.
Google for which fork to use,
Google Translate while in Japan.
See how smart we’ve all become,
Our intelligence is off the scale,
But even the most self-enlightened person,
Will stumble if their devices fail.
Long-term memory is a thing of the past.
Short-term memory is all we need,
A cell phone, an app, and a strong connection.
Preferably at 5G speeds.
We need to re-think this proposition,
Bring deep-learning back from the gallows,
Start using our long-term memory again,
And exit from the Shallows.