Sometimes I get a little concerned that technology has come so far we won’t ever have to figure anything out ever again. And the human race will be doomed to become slobbering idiots parked on our couches, clutching the remote for dear life. The remote which is also our phone, microwave and hover-car.

Think about this… you’re walking down the street and a car is idling at the corner waiting for the light to change. You totally dig the song that’s blasting from the speakers. You point your iphone in the car’s general direction and it gives you all the information about the song plus the ability to download it immediately for 99 cents.

Or this: you just left a party in the east village. As you are walking to the subway, your friend calls and tells you the Pinkberry on St. Mark’s lost electricity and is giving away free fro-yo. After dancing in place for an embarrassing minute, you get out your blackberry and go to your Google Maps widget which tells you exactly how to get there. It ALWAYS knows where you are, and now it knows where Pinkberry is.

Or even this: you are sitting at your desk on a conference call with the west coast (who, incidentally, have already become full-fledged idiots). You have muted them and are now bouncing an eraser off your forehead. You grow bored of this, so you click on Pandora. You are vaguely in the mood to listen to My Morning Jacket, but don’t feel like committing to the whole CD. You plug in the band name and the site creates a radio station for you with bands that are similar to My Morning Jacket.

I don’t even have to figure out what I want because Amazon.com knows already and sends me email alerts to give me a head’s up. I don’t even have to get my credit card, it has that information already. One click and whatever geeky thing Amazon recommended is on it’s way to me. I don’t have to do anything anymore, I barely have to think. The most challenging decision I made today was whether I wanted ranch or blue cheese dressing. And it took me a really long time to decide. In fact, it’s hours later and I am still questioning my salad dressing judgment. I’m already halfway down the path of total ignoramusness.

Which leads me to the most terrifying question of all: if we’re all idiots, who will create the awesome gadgets?

I know where you live…