# Navigation Apps May Be Weakening Our Brains by Barbara Strauch > "I worry that, by relying on my map app, I am letting my own brain go feeble." > **— Barbara Strauch**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Machines That Work Until They Don't](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26140) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Barbara Strauch; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Epistemic Humility|Epistemic Humility]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Division of Labor|Division of Labor]] - [[wiki/Time-Oriented Labor|Time-Oriented Labor]] - [[wiki/Technology|Technology]] - [[wiki/Epistemic Status Separation|Epistemic Status Separation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I worry that, by relying on my map app, I am letting my own brain go feeble." — Barbara Strauch, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-barbara-strauch-navigation-apps-weakening-brains ```