Yesterday's library time involved a good discussion of why we learn to read. I would love to hear your thoughts on that, too. In a world of talk to text, why do we learn to write and spell? In a world of apps that read almost every possible book to us, including the Bible, why do we learn to read for ourselves? The children understand the importance of knowing the Bible and then of knowing our literary traditions. But I am reading them the Narnia series, much of which has already been made into at least one movie. What say you? Why do we learn to read and write, even with today's technology?
I also understand technology and it's propensity for failure. I seriously doubt that AI will "become self-aware" and take over. However, a tech savvy enemy who is able to hack into our technology could cause it to do terrible things.
The same reason I still write in cursive, still have analog clocks, and still have bound paper books in my house. I think, and have read supporting articles, that our memory and cognitive failure in the modern world is the result of not working our brains.
My reading has indicated that cursive writing triggers memory better than keyboarding. I think I saw the same about reading actual books vs. Kindle. Certainly we remember better what we read than what we hear in an app or view in a movie. Not saying all are not good skills to possess, just that I believe we cannot totally replace reading and writing without removing a valuable part of our culture and of our individual skills.
I also understand technology and it's propensity for failure. I seriously doubt that AI will "become self-aware" and take over. However, a tech savvy enemy who is able to hack into our technology could cause it to do terrible things.
The same reason I still write in cursive, still have analog clocks, and still have bound paper books in my house. I think, and have read supporting articles, that our memory and cognitive failure in the modern world is the result of not working our brains.