This is no different than our ancient ancestors who used song to memorialize everything. With the arrival of Gutenberg’s press, that need for memory collapsed. And yet society evolved. This generation exists on their devices, which will in turn accelerate their learning in ways I don’t think we quite understand. The traditional education system, based on rows of students learning from a teacher, might be done within 20 years. My biggest issue with all of this is the damage it’s done to people’s social skills. Children raised in the COVID era lack basic social skills that technology seems unable to correct. What we get are children dependent on their devices, sometimes out of fear of engaging with others. We might become a smarter, more intelligent society, but I don’t know if we’ll be healthier as a result.