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Hi, this is John Donvan, host of Intelligence Squared U.S., and as you know and I know,

this is the season for festivity and for giving gifts and

for connections, not just in the sense of connecting with family and loved ones in person,

but in our growing technological world, connecting virtually, often with shiny, smart, new

tech gadgets. But is there really actually a downside to all of this connectivity through technology?

Do we perhaps rely on smart tech too much, like GPS to get us to our family dinners from the airport this season,

or Google to answer any and all questions that might come up in conversation?

Well, whether you are giving someone perhaps a new iPhone this year or receiving an Amazon Echo,

let's dive into a debate that affects all of us. Smart technology is making us dumb.

A personal pocket computer wizard so small you can take it with you anywhere.

That sure sounds familiar.

But in fact, I am quoting from an ad published in a newspaper in Midland, Texas in 1975.

It was advertising the sharp number 1802 calculator, which boasted, in its advanced technology, it boasted the broad mathematical abilities of a slide rule.

Well, we've come a long way since then to the point where probably a lot of us don't even know what a slide rule is.

But are we smarter now because technology has come so far and put a lot more than a slide rule into our pockets?

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