VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days agoThe U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parentsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down19cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldscience@lemmy.world
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parentsfortune.comVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square28linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldscience@lemmy.world
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·5 days agoBefore I got a smartphone, I didn’t read books. Now I listen to maybe 6 books per year, and read the equivalent of probably >20 books per year from news articles and Wikipedia. It’s not the tool that matters, it’s how you use it
minus-squareStern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoAnd most folks with the tool are using it to scroll silly memes on places with names like tiktok, reddit, and lemmy
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoOnly YOU can prevent memes on Lemmy
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoThe public school system makes reading such a unpleasant experience that kids avoid touching where ever possible.
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoFor many people, it was the opposite.
Before I got a smartphone, I didn’t read books.
Now I listen to maybe 6 books per year, and read the equivalent of probably >20 books per year from news articles and Wikipedia.
It’s not the tool that matters, it’s how you use it
And most folks with the tool are using it to scroll silly memes on places with names like tiktok, reddit, and lemmy
Only YOU can prevent memes on Lemmy
No I don’t think I will.
The public school system makes reading such a unpleasant experience that kids avoid touching where ever possible.
For many people, it was the opposite.