This has concerned me for a while. Just as tech reducing the need for physical labour caused our bodies to atrophy, so tech reducing the need for mental labour is causing our minds to atrophy. The precarious challenges of the future may be faced by idiots.https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/iq-rates-are-dropping-many-developed-countries-doesn-t-bode-ncna1008576 …
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Do we need more than 10% of the population to be able to create and maintain the tech? And won't that percentage fall as our digital prosthetics improve?
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Eventually, tech might even be able to maintain itself, which would reduce our collective mental labour further, possibly causing greater atrophy.
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