“Hunch helps you make decisions and gets smarter the more you use it.”

This could be the greatest thing ever. Or the worst. Its a website you can go to when trying to make a decision, about just about anything! I’ve just been turned on to this, so its only helped me make a few decisions, but I can see it becoming a problem.

My mom put it best last night, when she said, “I never thought I would live long enough to have the computer make my decisions for me.” It’s a little scary when you think about it that way. Sitting behind this machine for 8+ hours each day makes it very easy to do little or no thinking at all. Where should we eat tonight? Chowhound.com. Where should I go on my next vacation? Tripadvisor.com. What should I wear today? Luckymag.com. You get the picture. Then there is everything else you ever wondered about in the whole wide world: Google.com. Are we not giving our brains the exercise they need?

I’ve got a hunch that the answer is no.  I feel like we rely on the web to give us the answers to way too many things. “Am I in Love” is one of the available quizzes on Hunch.com. Really? You need your computer to tell you that?

I’m thinking of staging a no-Google, no-Answer-any-mundane-question-I-have-wesbite day…to see how I fare.  I’ve got a hunch its not going to be easy.

-Ashley