Short-Video Addiction Linked to Reduced Frontal Lobe Activity, Sparking 'Permanent Cognitive Underclass' Warning
xkonjin · x · 2026-09-26
Citing a study linking short-form video addiction to reduced frontal lobe activity and decreased focus, the author argues that a 'permanent cognitive underclass' is emerging — a take he calls barely controversial, invoking an H.G. Wells-style social stratification narrative. The post connects neuroscience findings on attention erosion to a long-term prediction about societal cognitive divides in the algorithmic media era.
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