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Have you seen "Idiocracy"? If not you should.

Yes, I have similar thought all of the time. My kids who are now 23 and 25 were required to use a calculator in HS. Now if you ask them simple multiplication they may (one of them much more likely than the other) reach for a calculator.

I do see it as a problem, but some folks still have the knowledge.

I embrace technology, but at the same time, I like to understand the process and the fundamentals which usually means being able to do the work with my brain.

Something that you should also consider is that right now, today, there's tons of stuff that you and I can't do that were probably common knowledge 100 or 200 years ago. Things change, it's the nature of everything.

Similar to forests, plains, oceans, flora, fauna, etc.... Everything is in a constant state of flux. We (man) may accelerate or alter that change, but regardless of what we do, it's still going to happen.