A pointer is the thing that the mouse moves around :hehe:. I wouldn't really know what a pointer is had I not studied computer science in school. Having this dependence on being able to look up information any time does free us up to be able to do more but if we ever lost it, we'd be lost. Actually, if we were without it for a prolonged period of time, I'm sure you'd see a lot of people experience anxiety and depression, not unlike ending a relationship after a long period of time.

I read that when you are in a relationship, you know that the other person knows certain things and that person acts as shared memory. Losing access to that person causes a loss of that shared memory, like if you had a chunk of your brain taken out. I imagine the same thing would happen if we unexpectedly lost access to the Internet for some reason. It acts as a massive extension of our memory and losing it would be devastating.