From a neuroscientific perspective, I think tech like this is too new to really know what kind of harm we might be causing ourselves by being online. Like it's known that there are behavioral correlates of improved outcomes in the graded severity of symptoms of alzheimers patients who broadly seem better off if they were someone who read often and enjoyed solving puzzles. Who knows how social media use in one's teens and twenties might bias their behavior in subtle ways that may add up later in life?
From a neuroscientific perspective, I think tech like this is too new to really know what kind of harm we might be causing ourselves by being online. Like it's known that there are behavioral correlates of improved outcomes in the graded severity of symptoms of alzheimers patients who broadly seem better off if they were someone who read often and enjoyed solving puzzles. Who knows how social media use in one's teens and twenties might bias their behavior in subtle ways that may add up later in life?
Good point.