How technology made us hyper-capable –and helpless | Jonathan Coopersmith

Tech enables us to do more while understanding less. That's fine, until there's a glitch - which is why the US navy is teaching sailors how to navigate by the stars

The smartphone in your hand enables you to record a video, edit it and send it around the world. With your phone, you can navigate in cities, buy a car, track your vital signs and accomplish thousands of other tasks. And so?

Each of those activities used to demand learning specific skills and acquiring the necessary resources to do them. Making a film? First, get a movie camera and the supporting technologies (film, lights, editing equipment). Second, learn how to use them and hire a crew. Third, shoot the movie. Fourth, develop and edit the film. Fifth, make copies and distribute them.