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How digital assistance creates learned helplessness

My password manager remembers everything but I've forgotten all my actual passwords and feel helpless when the technology fails me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Outsourcing cognitive functions to technology creates fragility when systems that support us become systems we depend on.

Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.