Digital Amnesia Is Here

Do you find that because your smartphone is always on you or nearby and the Internet is just a click or swipe away that you remember fewer things than you used to -- not only facts about things but personal information like people's phone numbers? WTOP reports that a new study from Kaspersky Lab found that Americans aren't remembering as much information, dubbing it "Digital Amnesia," which is forgetting information that you trust a digital device to store and remember for you. In the survey, 91 percent said they use the Internet as an online extension of their brain, and 44 percent said their smartphone acts as their memory!

I admit that I remember less "stuff" because my phone is always handy with stored personal information like phone numbers and with the Internet for facts. What do you make of 44 percent of the people surveyed saying their smartphone acts as their memory? Do you feel that way about your phone?