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Hey Google, Are We Accidentally Engineering Helplessness?

Hello everyone, It’s been a chaotic week here. Between managing a toddler who seems determined to discover the maximum volume of the human voice (honestly, how many times can you say ‘Inside Voice!’ before you actually go insane?) and trying to keep on top of my own workload, I’ve found myself leaning heavily on technology. "Alexa, set a timer," "Siri, remind me to buy milk," "Google, why won't my child sleep?" (Okay, maybe not that last one, but we’ve all been there!). We live in an age of incredible convenience. From the abacus to the iPhone, we have always built tools to extend our reach and speed up our tasks. But lately, I’ve been reading some fascinating (and slightly terrifying) research suggesting that while the "pitch" of modern tech is convenience, the result might actually be dependency. We are witnessing a shift where technology isn't just helping us do things; it's replacing our ability to do them at all. This "Depen...

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