Important doesn't mean "good". These apps literally rewire people's brains to stop being able to take in long-form information. No wonder that we get stories o

Important doesn't mean "good". These apps literally rewire people's brains to stop being able to take in long-form information. No wonder that we get stories of students now revolting against challenging courses: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/opinion/letters/nyu-tough-professor.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/opinion/letters/nyu-tough... "A key factor is Professor Jones’s observation that about a decade earlier he noticed a loss of focus in students." The exact timeframe when children who marinated in social media grew up. In the book The Coddling of the American Mind (from two different NYU professors), the authors track a sudden change in student behavior, like intolerance, impatience, fragility - all around 2013. So we can discuss how "important" it is to them, but we are just now beginning to get data about how these apps absolutely destroy our ability to focus, think, and connect with other humans.