[ WP ] In the future , everyone downloads new skills straight into their brain . You have spent weeks/months/years learning a new skill , any skill , the old-fashioned way . Why ?

The oft-used excuse `` I do n't have the time or patience to learn'x''' no longer stands. With the touch of a key any skill or knowledge you desire is just downloaded straight to you, *installed* if you will. 
 
 Far removed are the days of cute parlor tricks and tutoring facilities, yet a few restaurants and proprietary shops still remain. Why? Well, cooking ones own meal still requires the time to shop and prepare. The time to tailor one's own suit is still quite considerable. You could download the skills to build your own automobile, but good luck finding the parts. 
 
 Walking down what's left of Main Street's store fronts I now find myself contemplating not the future economy of the world, but rather our inherent complacency. Recall the days when that fruity tech company of futures past removed applications it found to be inappropriate or dangerous? Well the government has taken to regulating the market of downloadable skills, and no one's seemed to notice. 
 
 Myriad skills have already'died out', through restriction and/or irrelevance ( whoever *really* liked fencing anyway? ). 
 
 When everyone knows or has the ability to learn `` everything'', nothing is useful. Except what it is left unknown. That is what our government fears. And that is what I am determined to discover.
