I went though this June 11, 2021 NY Times opinion article How to Think Outside Your Brain looking for some reference points.
“all the mental effort we’ve mustered over the past year has left many of us feeling depleted and distracted, unequal to the tasks that never stop arriving in our inboxes.”
Annie Murphy Paul, NY Times
“In recent years, I.Q. scores have stopped rising or have even begun to drop in countries like Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France and Britain.” -the so-called reverse ‘Flynn effect.
NY TImes
I’m one of the few people saying that social media has made people dumber.
The article makes some points for extraneural learning or learning outside the brain.
“When we turn a problem to be solved into a physical object that we can interact with, we activate the robust spatial abilities that allow us to navigate through real-world landscapes.”
Annie Murphy Paul
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