Social media has made people dumb. New evidence.

Regular use of social networks and the Web2 in general will lead
to the final dullness of humanity. This was stated by Areg
Mkrtychyan, Associate Professor of the Department of Clinical
Psychology of the Russian National Research Medical University
named after N.I. Pirogov. In a big interview with LentaRu
(https://bit.ly/3D6xmEB) as part of a large-scale research
"Algorithm. Who controls you?" the scientist said that signs of
the harmful influence of technology on a person can be observed
on the example of the generation of zoomers - people born in the
period from the second half of the 90s to the second half of the
2010's. Mkrtychyan explained that people who are addicted to
smartphones lose their thinking skills, which in the long term
leads to mental degradation. As an example, he revealed the
experience of observing his students.
"I have been teaching at the university for about 20 years, and not
only for psychologists. I work with doctors, lawyers, technical
specialists and observe the reverse dynamics from generation to
generation. Modern students absolutely do not know how to work
with big data of information. Especially if this information is
complex. . And information must be difficult in any area because
it higher education", - concluded the scientist.
The reason lies in the fact that the younger generation uses
ready-made solutions, Mkrtychyan believes. "Now there are even
special toys that make snowballs. This is a kind of innovation, but
this will start the degradation of children: even at this level, they
do not develop fine motor skills. Further more: at first they do
not know how to sculpt a snowball, then they do not know how
to write a simple essay, and then read a large text ", - the
associate professor complained.
To increase the general level of intelligence and develop thinking,
the expert advised to read books. Books in printed form contribute
to the development of mental functions. Audiobooks are far less
useful. They do not allow the development of verbal-logical
thinking. The scientist's project explores the impact of IT service
algorithms on a person, society, politics and global world
processes. In six parts of the project, it is analyzed in detail how
the content ranking system in social networks affects the real life
of millions of people: it imperceptibly changes a person's attitude
to love, family, friendship, society, affects the intellectual
abilities of people, and causes degradation.
Russian documental movie about it on YouTube:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Io02_C3Ej_M
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cll6A2s4Xeo&t=7s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SgFyXt-wmjs