Burning Ones

Here’s an interesting post about when the best time for shopping is. I’m definitely going to have to see whether this is really the case or not.

Once again, Merlin has come up with a very interesting thought…

I know that I’m a victim of this. I don’t hardly have to remember anything anymore. iCal reminds of important events (or my wife :) ), my speed dial lets me dial the people I call the most at the press of a button (which I hardly remember by name, mostly by tactile location on my phone), and I only have to type the names of the people I want to e-mail and their e-mail comes up without me having to remember a thing.

What this article raises as a question is whether or not that’s a bad thing or not. Personally, what shocked me the most was that people don’t know their own phone numbers. That, at least, is something that I have not forgotten. However, despite that, I do think that the move towards digital helpers is not a bad thing, altogether. Although, it does make us more vulnerable to electronic attack. This is definitely an area of tension in my life, where I have stickies on my wall and To Dos on Backpackit reminding me what I need to do today.

What do you guys think about the obvious move towards the cyborg future?