Technology dependency Memes

Elementary school: *furiously scribbles complex equations with pencil and paper* High school: "5×2? Better whip out my scientific calculator with 97 functions to make sure it's not 11!" The great mathematical devolution! Our brains apparently peak at age 10 and then we develop a crippling dependency on battery-powered math machines. Next up: college students using supercomputers to calculate the tip at restaurants!

The dependency on calculators has reduced our basic arithmetic skills to that of a primitive cave dweller. The answer is 2.57142857143, but who has time to divide by hand when we're busy solving climate change and developing AI that will eventually make us all obsolete? The real math problem is calculating how much dignity we lose every time we check if 5+3=8.