In the past, they said the same thing about Google/Wikipedia/The internet in general, that it make us dumbs, etc. But it is not quite true, as we are now able to use our newly free resources (time, mind, etc) for other useful things thanks to the assistance we get from those services.
Hacking in particular, you now have more time to write more tests of your code, as you got things done earlier. you are now have time to add more features, and you are now have more time to learn new technology, language etc.
Same as the human memory is not weaker than it was 15 years ago, although, 15 years ago, every human being was able to dial out tens of numbers without looking in the phone book, while today, we simply type the name or speed dial it from the mobile device. We do remember less phone numbers, yet, those "cells" in the brain are used for other things.
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In the past, they said the same thing about Google/Wikipedia/The internet in general, that it make us dumbs, etc. But it is not quite true, as we are now able to use our newly free resources (time, mind, etc) for other useful things thanks to the assistance we get from those services.
Hacking in particular, you now have more time to write more tests of your code, as you got things done earlier. you are now have time to add more features, and you are now have more time to learn new technology, language etc.
Same as the human memory is not weaker than it was 15 years ago, although, 15 years ago, every human being was able to dial out tens of numbers without looking in the phone book, while today, we simply type the name or speed dial it from the mobile device. We do remember less phone numbers, yet, those "cells" in the brain are used for other things.