• fakeplastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    Yes, I demonstrated that technological progress allows us to live our lives memorizing fewer words since they can be looked up so easily. But I wrote a substantive and original argument. Did you? Will it be even harder for you after ten years of letting machines do your writing and thinking for you?

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      you didn’t demonstrate, you just claimed it. if doing the math in your head makes you feel good about yourself, do it… the cashier has a calculator and a scanner to save them time, you’re not complaining about the lack of definition in their arms or their poor work ethic, i hope…