Social-media brainrot
the word ‘brainrot’ isn’t even an exaggeration
a recent meta-analysis study showed evidence that short form videos:
- lower your IQ
- make you anxious
- make you stressed
- induce mental illnesses
a recent meta-analysis study showed evidence that short form videos:
- lower your IQ
- make you anxious
- make you stressed
- induce mental illnesses
liam • why you feel behind in life
The architecture of digital platforms encourage us to consume information because it’s in front of us, not because it’s relevant. On Twitter, nothing has to be remembered, studied, applied, or reflected on. It’s an environment that promotes distracted thinking and superficial learning.
Adam Grant • Check Your Pulse #55
Search engines — the window into the web for many people — top their results with pages containing thousands of words of auto-generated nothingness, perfectly optimized for search engine prominence and to pull in money via ads and affiliate links while simultaneously devoid of any useful information.
Social networks have become “the web” for many... See more
Social networks have become “the web” for many... See more
The messaging about social media is so confusing. On one hand, it’s the domain of the embarrassingly anti-intellectual, attention-hungry, vain, stupid, trollish... Yet on the other hand, social media can also supposedly propel people to the presidency and shape an entire generation’s opinion on geopolitical issues. So what does it mean to advocate... See more
Chris Jesu Lee • Scroll Up, Cash In, Check Out
“Using SM too often leaves my mind feeling like I have a hundred open browser windows, or a gang of CPU sapping programs running in the background, to really push it over the edge here with the computer metaphors.”
How A.I. and Social Media Contribute to ‘Brain Rot’
nytimes.com
I love social media (obviously, I write this newsletter). But there are days when I blast through my TikTok time limit and am left feeling exhausted. So much of my job (and most jobs these days) are wrapped up in staying relevant with what’s going on in the world — constantly up to date, dialed in, on the pulse. Despite the fun times I have online,
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Siân Boyletheguardian.com
Seeing war footage, thirst traps, people posting meaningless travel selfies from the biggest tourist traps, reposted memes from 2015, grifters trying to sound genuine, and tons of brain rot one after the other, in the span of a minute, is definitely not what our brains love.