When we lean on new tools, we become more empowered, but also more dependent.

Without electricity I'm hopeless. But with it, I'm significantly more empowered.

Without the internet, I'm hopeless. But with it I'm significantly more empowered.

But also now you become cognitively dependent on a thing that you don't own and could be taken away.

Is it really yours if you have to pay a subscription fee to access it?