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Here’s a hypothesis that would be interesting to test. As the younger generation continues its obsession with social media technology. Is there some physiologic

Here’s a hypothesis that would be interesting to test. As the younger generation continues its obsession with social media technology. Is there some physiological change (perhaps mimicd by the medication in the article) that could be happening simultaneously? Some weird type of brain evolution.

urthor 4y ago
I feel like this is already tested, extensively, by the "video games cause school shootings" crowd.
- matheusmoreira 4y ago
  That particular claim is bullshit but it is true that video games can cause physiological changes and even harm. Like social media, video games today are straight up designed to be addictive. They're essentially Skinner's boxes but the reward lever is the player's credit card. Not only can addiction of any sort cause physiological changes in the reward center of the brain, video games can also impact physical, social and financial well being by virtue of being an expensive, addictive, sedentary and often isolated activity. Video game addiction is already a recognized medical diagnosis in ICD-11. https://www.who.int/news/item/14-09-2018-inclusion-of-gaming-disorder-in-icd-11 https://www.who.int/news/item/14-09-2018-inclusion-of-gaming...