{"id":382,"date":"2007-11-13T12:32:23","date_gmt":"2007-11-13T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/archives\/382"},"modified":"2007-12-15T12:41:45","modified_gmt":"2007-12-15T16:41:45","slug":"the-outsourced-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2007\/11\/13\/the-outsourced-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Outsourced Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have relinquished control over my decisions to the universal mind. I have fused with the knowledge of the cybersphere, and entered the bliss of a higher metaphysic. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/10\/26\/opinion\/26brooks.html?ex=1351137600&amp;en=acdefb21f0a6f7ed&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink\">The Outsourced Brain &#8211; New York Times<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Facetiousness aside, it does point out how others are consumed by these tools rather than consume them.<\/p>\n<p>Tom-Tom is pretty cool, but I find the adventure of figuring out where I am going by using a map more fun but not nearly as fun as mentally envisioning where I am located based on memory and probability from what I little know of the area. I&#8217;ve ridden in a car where the people had a Tom-Tom or other GPS system. I&#8217;d tell them to ignore it and go another way, but they wanted to go where the GPS said to go&#8230; So we did and got there by a route I would not have chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Some people suggest one should keep a journal and dump out all the concerns for a good night&#8217;s sleep. A low tech external brain if you will&#8230; I find writing all that down keeps me up well into the night. \ud83d\ude41 Outsourcing all thinking? No thanks&#8230; I need to keep my brain active to stave off dementia. (Note to self: Pick up Sudoku or Brain Age pronto.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>tag:<\/strong>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/outsourcing\" rel=\"tag\">outsourcing<\/a>,  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/technology\" rel=\"tag\">technology<\/a>,  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/consumer\" rel=\"tag\">consumer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/brain\" rel=\"tag\">brain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I have relinquished control over my decisions to the universal mind. I have fused with the knowledge of the cybersphere, and entered the bliss of a higher metaphysic. The Outsourced Brain &#8211; New York Times Facetiousness aside, it does point out how others are consumed by these tools rather than consume them. 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