[tobr]

> It is sad to me that the skill required to navigate everyday life are being delegated to technology.

Isn’t this basically what technology does? I suppose there is also technology to do things that weren’t possible at all before, but the application is often automation of something in someone’s everyday life that is considered burdensome.

[reval]

That’s right- technology does replace pieces of our everyday life. I fear what happens when social ties are what are replaced. For example, technology allows us to travel long distances while keeping in touch with our loved ones. What happen when the keeping in touch part is what gets replaced?