Slaven on Nostr: H. sapiens differs from animal species by the ability to build tools. These tools ...

H. sapiens differs from animal species by the ability to build tools. These tools add, enhance or replace abilities. We can't fish with our hands or teeth but with the fishing rod, nets, and boats we are outperforming every living creature on 🌎 We have used technology to quicken and increase our material production and mental processes. I (and most of us) have used calculators, notebooks, and apps to replace our mental functions that we do not find always reliable: calculation and storage. It seems there is the point when most of us will be dependant on external tools (besides our brain) for these mental tasks. I see more people (especially younger) using phones for simple calculus and not trying to remember everyday data as we used to in the past. We weren't born with abilities to fish effectively but we have capacity for mathematics and memory. Loosing it and replacing it with artificial tools will be loss for us all.
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