People who are responding to my last few tweets with "you can google facts, not remember phone numbers" -- that's just half the equation
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Don't forget that new need-to-remember facts might be entering faster than tech takes them out. I think this is in fact the case.
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In fact, one reason for inequality, people struggling to adapt to new economy is lost situation awareness due to net inflow of arbit facts
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It's dumb to remember capitals now, but having an accurate, current mental model of state of javascript is huge leverage that's not auto yet
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1960s engineers had to remember a smaller, more rote, technical context. 2010s engineers have to think like fighter pilots.
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completely agree. Eg. Knowing you don’t have to spend 50 developer hours on a dashboard because there is a $50 SaaS option
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