Commonsense Signal
Brainpower does not need a signal from a signal tower on a hill or mountain.
Reading this piece by @Pene Hodge: How Technology Can Be a Good Servant But A Bad Master
Don’t let technology be your puppet master.
And every word said is true. I moved from a developing country to a new country a few years ago, where technology had replaced the human brain for many. I don’t drive, so walking was my mode of transportation, as the bus system refused to communicate with my work schedule. In a short time, I educate myself more about my community. I found out where most of the street ends and meets.
I knew the quickest route to many places. I discovered a post office closer to where my children live that they didn’t know. I stumbled upon the shortest way to the bus Hub with few stoplights that shocked the drivers in my house. I made lots of discoveries just by walking. My brain became my GPS, my apology to Google.
My children live in an area with more trees than people, so signal issues are often a problem. Brainpower does not need a signal from a signal tower on a hill, a mountain, or anywhere else to tell you where to go or what to do. Signal issues are the warning sign for commonsense to be your backup generator. Commonsense and brainpower do not need to be charged, nor do they demand to be paid at the end of the month.
The more you use them, the better they become. They are free, and they add value and a lot more to your life. Heck, commonsense can save your life.
In my former country, technology is slowly taking over at a cost to the uneducated and the elderly. Because of Jamaica’s high level of ignorance, many young people have made a career move into cyber-crime.
Phone theft has cost lives in my country, as many victims fought back the thieves. Brain use has dropped significantly, creating many unnecessary and straightforward problems for many of us.
AI Technology is excellent as it has improved our lives and living while slowly replacing us at a rate we can’t see, even when we are staring at it.
Human lives and living have now relied on Artificial Intelligence, so who needs a brain. AI can do many things our brain can do at the speed of light, so I understand its popularity. Nothing is wrong with that from medical, educational, or other essential points of view. In other areas where over-use is slowing down lives and causing accidents, it is crazy.
Technology comes at a price, and brain use, or the lack of it, will be the one paying the piper. Is that a good deal for humanity? How would you pay the piper? Cash or the loss of your brainpower?
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