Google is my memory now.

I don’t need to spell. I use Word, and it usually automatically corrects, or a convenient red line under it. I don’t need to remember math, when I have the Excel bubbles to fill. And I fill them in so fast.

Microsoft is my elementary school skills now.

My grandma used to sing. But I don’t need to. I have thousands of songs on my iPod. I’m set. I have all my playlists organized for different moods and situations.

Apple is my song now.

I love to read and learn about stuff. And now it is all available through the internet to everyone. I don’t have to know the basics when the facts are at my fingertips.

Wikipedia is my knowledge now.
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I have always thought that the quest for meaning was the highest purpose for human-kind. Does having these tools help us on that quest, or is learning these skills the quest itself?