• Dessa [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    There’s actually some merit to that. People have a harder time remembering things that they know are written down and retrievable (because there’s less need)

    • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Absolutely. There’s also some merit to similar worries about television and the internet. It’s just never the civilization-ending infocalypse that it’s cracked up to be (or at least not so far).