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Wednesday, August 02, 2006
I am using my lunch break to blog instead of being a good little scientist and reading research papers or analysing data. I ought to be ashamed, but in my defense, I just came across these rather diverting articles while doing my customary surf through sci/tech news:

Black box of our lives

If we don't know where we are, where will we be?

Both articles discuss the impact of technology on human memory - whether it reduces the burden on our memories, allowing us to better use our minds; or whether over-dependence on computers, mobile phones etc. to store information is causing the atrophy of our retentive abilities. Personally, I suspect I'll be lost without technological aid - I can never bring myself to trust my powers of mental recall without ensuring that there's plenty of back-up, on paper or otherwise. Or perhaps I've just grown lazy.

Is technology driving us all to distraction?

I recognise quite a few of the symptoms described in this article. In myself. Oh dear.

Brenda - resolutely dedicated to a life of tedious stability and relentless obsession,
stuck with a mental age that is increasingly failing to keep pace with physical age.
Addicted to methyxanthines, NSAIDs, monosodium glutamate, instant gratification and certain forms of mindless entertainment. Now with a newfound addiction to pretty sweaters, online movie rental and solitary urban hikes in foreign countries.

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