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Txhua qhov chaw koj saib niaj hnub no, muaj cov cuab yeej tshiab tshiab. Lub xeev zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab GPS chav tsev uas koj tau txais rau koj lub tsheb ob peb xyoos rov qab yog zaum qhwv rau hauv nws txoj hlua hluav taws xob thiab khoom hauv lub hnab looj tes ntawm koj lub tsheb. When we all bought those GPS units, we were amazed that it always knew where we were and that if we made a wrong turn, it would put us back on track. That has already been replaced with free apps for our phone that tell us how to get places, show us where the police are, the speed of the traffic, potholes and animals in the road, and even other drivers that are using the same technology. Peb txhua cov ntaub ntawv tawm tswv yim rau hauv cov kab ke ntawd uas tau qhia los ntawm lwm tus neeg. Kuv xav tau daim ntawv qhia cov khoom qub rau lwm hnub, tab sis nyob rau hauv nws qhov chaw hauv lub hnab looj tes hauv hnab looj tes yog kuv GPS qub. Thev naus laus zis yog qhov zoo, tab sis qee zaum peb tsuas yog xav tau cov ntawv qhia qub tso quav.

Qee lub sij hawm nws zoo li kev siv tshuab hauv cov kev pabcuam hluav taws tau dhau mus deb. Koj yeej tsis tuaj yeem tua hluav taws nrog lub computer, ntsiav tshuaj, lossis smartphone. Peb tseem xav tau cov ntaiv thiab hose kom tau txais peb txoj haujlwm tiav. Peb muaj ntxiv thev naus laus zis rau yuav luag txhua qhov kev tua hluav taws, thiab qee qhov ntawm cov kev ntxiv tau ua rau peb poob nrog tes uas tsim peb txoj haujlwm.

Peb txhua tus nyiam GPS cov lus qhia hauv peb lub tsheb yog li vim li cas peb thiaj tsis muaj qhov ntawd hauv peb cov apparatus? Kuv tau muaj ntau cov neeg tua hluav taws thov kom peb cov kab ke los muab kev nyob hauv peb lub nroog. Nws hom kev nkag siab rau tsuas yog cia siab rau kev plhaw hauv rig thiab mloog qee lub computer qhia peb mus, txoj cai? When we rely on technology too much, we forget how to get along without it. When we hear an address for a call, we need to map it out in our head on the way to the rig, maybe even have a little verbal communication between crew members, something like “that's the two-story house under construction just behind the hardware store”. Our size up begins when we hear the address, not when we arrive. Our GPS might give us the most common route, but if we think about it, we can take the next street over and avoid that rush hour traffic on the main route.

Use technology carefully, but don't turn your department into one of those brain-dead teenagers with their head buried in their phone playing some little game chasing things in a world where everything is made up of blocks. Peb xav tau cov neeg tua hluav taws uas paub rub ib lub hose, muab ib tus ntaiv, thiab zaum tawg qee lub sijhawm.