silence7Feb 22

The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents - SLRPNK

Archived copies of the article: * ghostarchive.org [https://ghostarchive.org/archive/jfeFQ] * web.archive.org [https://web.archive.org/web/20260221211705/https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/]

Show threadGrandwolf319

Kind of hard to take the article seriously when it ends with:

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Show threadArtVandelayFeb 22
Corporate bullshit like that used to just be mildly amusing, now it’s actively enraging.