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selectivelytoday at 2:06 AM4 repliesview on HN

Unrelated to the laptops. Also, please don't link low quality sources (Yahoo) on HN.


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walterbelltoday at 2:09 AM

> Unrelated to the laptops

From the article:

  In written testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said that Gen Z is less cognitively capable than previous generations, despite its unprecedented access to technology.. Horvath blamed.. tendency to get off-track as a key contributor to technology hindering learning.
> low quality sources

Fortune Magazine? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_(magazine)

  The publication was founded by Henry Luce in 1929. The magazine competes with Forbes and Bloomberg Businessweek in the national business magazine category and distinguishes itself with long, in-depth feature articles.
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snayantoday at 2:22 AM

laptops are to cognitive capabilities as syringes are to heroin overdoses.

It's just one of the many delivery mechanisms for brainrot in the 21st century.

toomuchtodotoday at 2:12 AM

Yahoo is a common, accepted source: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=yahoo.com