not really sure about the negative doom-and-gloom reactions, this has existed since time immemorial and will for as long humans as a species exist. Our brains a

not really sure about the negative doom-and-gloom reactions, this has existed since time immemorial and will for as long humans as a species exist. Our brains are wired to react to such content, not sure you can draw a line between social media and a purported dumbing down of humanity. We live in a time where for the first time 50% of humanity has access to information that was restricted to a tiny elite. Sure cat videos and celeb pics might be predominant, but with that comes access to wikipedia, mit ocw etc.