I’m not sure whether it makes me a more satisfied/happy person if I out-source lots of things to devices. I agree that it is likely more efficient to delegate lots of memory work and planning habits to devices. But it also takes some of your autonomy away. It of course depends on the specific interaction and probably also on the person (some people may feel it quite natural to delegate tasks to (virtual) persons they trust). But as long as the out-sourced task affects you later in a non-adaptive way (and I judge this to be mostly the case) then this might not feel as natural as one might like.
See also my post about when augmentations feel/are natural.
At some point you start outsourcing “enjoying things”. Which is exactly what I would suggest not doing. maybe I wasn’t clear—but don’t outsource things that you don’t want to. i.e. I like cooking so I will probably never outsource my food-making process because I like doing it myself. However I don’t like shopping, so I could outsource that, and I could outsource cleaning up afterwards.
I’m not sure whether it makes me a more satisfied/happy person if I out-source lots of things to devices. I agree that it is likely more efficient to delegate lots of memory work and planning habits to devices. But it also takes some of your autonomy away. It of course depends on the specific interaction and probably also on the person (some people may feel it quite natural to delegate tasks to (virtual) persons they trust). But as long as the out-sourced task affects you later in a non-adaptive way (and I judge this to be mostly the case) then this might not feel as natural as one might like.
See also my post about when augmentations feel/are natural.
At some point you start outsourcing “enjoying things”. Which is exactly what I would suggest not doing. maybe I wasn’t clear—but don’t outsource things that you don’t want to. i.e. I like cooking so I will probably never outsource my food-making process because I like doing it myself. However I don’t like shopping, so I could outsource that, and I could outsource cleaning up afterwards.