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Still don't like it. Maybe we'll be the ones that people laugh at in the future, like we do now with the ones that said that Internet was just a fad. But consi
by iagomr 14y ago
Still don't like it. Maybe we'll be the ones that people laugh at in the future, like we do now with the ones that said that Internet was just a fad.
But consider, doesn't this mean that many people will let computerized glasses do all the thinking for them? It has been very much debated how now we don't memorize so many information anymore, as we can easily just solve an argument with a simple search on our phones. But this Google Glass is just taking it to another level..
- infoman 14y agoTalking will maybe become more philosophical? Everybody will know facts but we will think about how to interpret and use them in a way with more foresight and impact on the whole univers
- hipsters_unite 14y agoThere's a few good Alastair Reynolds short stories where characters have a Glass-like assistant called an 'Aide Memoire' which they use to process the amount of information they get due to networks. A good side effect is also that as the characters age they still have recall of the facts stored.
- mtgx 14y agoWhy are you keen on filling your own memory with things that can be readily accessible these days?
- saulrh 14y agoThat's exactly why I like Glass so much. Humans aren't the only things that have memories, as demonstrated by dolphins, chimpanzees, elephants, and dogs. Humans aren't the only things that can process data, as demonstrated by computers. The thing that is unique to humans is the ability to think, to make high-level abstract decisions. By doing all of the menial labor for me - memorization and basic number crunching and mechanical information retrieval - tools like Google Glass let me concentrate on that decisionmaking. They let me concentrate on being human.
- ams6110 14y agoI would argue that without a foundation of basic knowledge and facts you will be unable to do advanced abstract thinking. Knowing something and being able to look it up are not the same thing.
- psbp 14y ago"I would argue that without a foundation of basic knowledge and facts you will be unable to do advanced abstract thinking." What does that even mean?
- zeroexzeroone 14y agoIt would be analogous to saying that without knowing algebra you'd be hard-pressed to solve problems in calculus.
- psbp 14y agoI'm not sure what that has to do with thinking. Is there an absence of thinking when solving algebra that only kicks in when solving calculus?
- micampe 14y agoNo, it means that you need to know algebra to be able to think about calculus, not merely having access to an algebra book. Everyone can have access to algebra information, that doesn't mean everyone can solve calculus, as proved by reality.
- micampe 14y agoIt means that even with easy access to all the necessay information you can't build a rocket if you don't know how to do it. You can learn how to do it, but that just means transferring the information from the outside into your brain. You are not able to meaningfully reason (think) about a topic if you don't know anything about it and I show you the Wikipedia page. Easy access to data is useful if you know what to do with it.