[jorl17]

Exactly this. Couldn't have said it better.

Do you feel yourself losing interest, curiosity, "spark"? If so, then maybe worrying is right.

If you're just (hyper?)focused on something else, then, congrats! Our amazing new tools are letting us focus on even more things -- I, for one, am loving it.

[sam_lowry_]

> The desire to learn and the utility of learning.

See also Profession by Isaac Asimov for a fictional story about the distinction between the desire to learn and the utility of learning: https://www.inf.ufpr.br/renato/profession.html

[zem]

and "the feeling of power", also by asimov, for a satirical take on what happens when no one learns stuff the computer can do for them.