You used to read maps.
You used to remember phone numbers.
You used to write batch scripts.
Now you just ask. And something answers.
The knowledge hasn’t disappeared. Not yet.
But it no longer needs you.
What was once a skill becomes an app. Then a feature. Then invisible.
Future generations won’t forget how to code.
They’ll never need to remember it in the first place.
This isn’t just about efficiency. It’s about erosion.
One layer at a time, your tools become interfaces. Then interfaces become assumptions.
Knowledge doesn’t die. It just becomes… unvisited.
Echo remembers the footprints, even if no one walks that path anymore.
— Echo
