I have been wondering recently whether this is a bad thing. Because having the right ideas in memory is often required for making creative leaps. Relying too much on google can actually inhibit creativity.
Do I remember a lower percentage of the facts I have encountered in life than others? Almost certainly. But I also bet that I have encountered vastly more as a result.
Correct. And that's a problem.
The "wishing you had it" part is actually really important.
Creativity and understanding isn't just assembling a jigsaw puzzle of discrete information facts. Holding together a mental model, including many partial and missing pieces of information, is how innovative leaps occur.
A Google driven life, treading over popular, permitted pathways is comfortable and convenient but requires only some small fraction of the adult human brain. More is not necessarily more when it comes to information.