>Many of us lost our will — even our ability — to remember phone numbers when cell phones came along. By outsourcing memorization to a machine, we've become dependent on it to call our friends and family. You might say it's been for the best, and it's freed our minds to concentrate on other matters. Or you might consider it a kind of de-evolution, a dumbing down of our mental abilities. Don't lose your cell phone! I agree, re: "dumbing" us down. One of the big arguments pro-tech is that it frees us up to do other things - We don't have to cook, we don't have to read, we don't have to write, we don't have to drive. I firmly believe .in "if you don't use it, you lose it." Doesn't bode well for the future of humanity.