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Once upon a time most everybody knew just how to cut a feather to make a quill pen.
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I still can. And I still use fountain pens, and can even disassemble them for cleaning (if the pen makes that possible... but I don't buy pens that cannot be disassembled).
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Most knew how to chop a tree safely.
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I can do this as well. My father taught me, because we had a fireplace (and he still has it, as he still lives in that house).
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Or how to evade a hungry lion.
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Uh... yeah. You got me there. Haven't been looking into that lately...
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Times change.
Survival criteria change with them.
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I understand that. However, using gadgets to get tasks done that you *should* be able to do yourself is stupidity.
- People using ONLY their smartphone for an agenda... no go.
- People using ONLY navigation systems without learning how to read a map (and bring it, obviously)... no go.
- People using a calculator for calculations that should be easily possible on the top of your head... no go.
- ... and many more.
In my book, Echo and all other similar devices/gadgets (Siri, Cortana...) fall into the category of gadgets that do things you should be doing (should be able to do) yourself.