How to make sense of the world today? "Across a range of tests, the average person’s ability to reason and solve novel problems appears to have peaked in the early 2010s and has been declining ever since." on.ft.com/4kPKLr2 - ThreadSky

elizkolbert.bsky.social • 79 days ago

How to make sense of the world today? "Across a range of tests, the average person’s ability to reason and solve novel problems appears to have peaked in the early 2010s and has been declining ever since."
https://on.ft.com/4kPKLr2

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brentamitchell.bsky.social•79 days ago

This looks interesting but the newspaper is behind a firewall. Might you have a citation for the research

elizkolbert.bsky.social•78 days ago

I tried to share it with everyone. Not sure what happened. Try this link: https://on.ft.com/4iHwPxG

brentamitchell.bsky.social•78 days ago

Thanks for trying but, for future reference, the link requires a first-month-is-free subscription. (At least for me.) I’ll search for the source study. And thanks for your insightful posts here on Bluesky.

brentamitchell.bsky.social•78 days ago

A piece dated yesterday by @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com appears to cite some of the same studies. (Of course, I just spent a good deal of screen time tracking it down!) https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/teen-childhood-smartphone-use-mental-health-effects/677722/?gift=-W3aZLhIXnWiBTUaYn0_xfPXBt-r1mqoyQgxJDVB1as&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

calebcrain.bsky.social•78 days ago

If you set up a free account, FT lets you read a limited number of articles. Link is at the very top of the page, above the subscription offer. I don’t subscribe and was able to read this!

sadliberal.bsky.social•79 days ago

Micro plastics & social media ☹️

retrodes.net•79 days ago

This tracks. I was definitely a lot smarter 15 years ago.

charleyinma.bsky.social•76 days ago

📌

rossparker.bsky.social•79 days ago

Now we have to contend with global warming AND global stupiding.

elizkolbert.bsky.social•79 days ago

"In 2022 the share of Americans who reported reading a book in the past year fell below half."

rustymike12.bsky.social•79 days ago

Very sad situation, I handed out copies of Tim Snyders “On Tyranny “, and not one has read it to date. I guess you can lead a horse to water, but if they won’t drink,,,.

sayiayia.bsky.social•79 days ago

😞

vero1986.bsky.social•78 days ago

Read everything 📚
Go to the library and visit your friends.

johnposch.bsky.social•79 days ago

Americans are highly literate. For example, to understand this gloomy book cover, they had to have ready etymological knowledge of Ancient Greek μέλας melas, melan- "black". Just like how Eva Braun would have chosen "brown" for her bio. It all makes sense.

craicjack.bsky.social•79 days ago

This all began with the internet. IMO, attention spans and critical thinking skills have diminished because of endless surfing, leaving little free time or desire to read a book.

andrenaline.bsky.social•79 days ago

There is NO way close to half of Americans read a book in a year. Listened to? Sure, I'll buy that, maybe.

supersaiga.bsky.social•79 days ago

around the same time anxiety in children and teenagers started to soar

i wonder what big change there was around then

hmm

driftcloud9.bsky.social•78 days ago

Well when the CO2 hits 1200ppm by 2100-2200. At that level humans cognition decreases by 25%. So I’m not surprised.

aaron-dowd.bsky.social•78 days ago

The rise of social media played a large role in this, I bet

davidho.bsky.social•78 days ago

Teachers and professors see this and have had to adjust how we convey information to students.

cosmickate.bsky.social•79 days ago

It feels like the world became significantly stupider after the pandemic.

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