Don’t Outsource Your Brain

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brainWe have sug­gest­ed before (The Ten Habits of High­ly Effec­tive Brains)…

“Don’t Out­source Your Brain. Not to media per­son­al­i­ties, not to politi­cians, not to your smart neigh­bour… Make your own deci­sions, and mis­takes. And learn from them. That way, you are train­ing your brain, not your neighbour’s.”

Well, let me add now: Don’t Out­source Your Brain to Your GPS sys­tem, either…

Read arti­cle: here (via Drudge)

- “A 32-year-old Cal­i­forn­ian whose rental car got smashed by a Metro-North train last night was issued a minor sum­mons for caus­ing the fiery crash that strand­ed rail­road com­muters for hours.”GPS

- “Bo Bai, a com­put­er tech­ni­cian from Sun­ny­vale who said he was mere­ly trust­ing his car’s glob­al posi­tion­ing sys­tem when he steered onto the tracks, was cit­ed for obstruct­ing a rail­road cross­ing, offi­cials said this afternoon.”

For­tu­nate­ly, the dri­ver was safe, and there were no injuries. The arti­cle deserves read­ing…here.

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  1. James says

    I have made it a point for many years to man­u­al­ly bal­ance my check­book, for this very rea­son. I also think, much like fold­ing phys­i­cal fit­ness strate­gies into every­day life, that we need to do the same for our men­tal fit­ness. For instance, I take the stairs and do not take esca­la­tors, every day. I also park far away from the store and walk, as well as park on the street and walk sev­er­al blocks to my res­i­dence. Sim­i­lar­ly, using our minds to do every­day tasks helps us stay cog­ni­tive­ly sharp­er and fit­ter. Ancil­lary tech­nol­o­gy is help­ful, but need not nor should not replace our own abil­i­ties, but could enhance and sup­port them when used appropriately.