"This invention of yours will
create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use
their memories ... The specific which you have discovered is an aid not
to memory, but to reminiscence, and you give your disciples not truth,
but only the semblance of truth ... they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; they
will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will
be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality." --
Socrates, on the dangers of writing
Conclusion: Old farts admonishing that technology will turn our brains to mush is nothing new.