alt Hacker NewsI think what is interesting is that it is not necessarily the content of the brainrot that makes us underperform, but the act of swiping [0] and the context switching [1].
These attempts to make educational short form content still suffer from the same drawbacks, so I wonder how effective they truly are.
[0] https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/33099
[1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09658211.2025.252107...
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sidsud • today at 2:17 PM
I suppose the idea is that if we're gonna be underperforming due to endless swiping and context switching, might as well get stimulated by educational content instead of brainrot. Similar to a nicotine patch to help quit smoking.
I think it's "this one is good but if I swipe the next one can be even better", i.e. classic dopamine addiction. Stop digging!