Mastodawn

This is worrying

This data is not beautiful. What’s the cause? Seems odd, affecting both students and adults, so it’s like knowledge decay as well as poorer uptake of knowledge. Social media and device usage?

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MyBrainHurts

Put smartphone sales alongside it and the relationship pops out clear as day.

Takes a little bit at first because they weren’t ubiquitous but pretty soon kids in school have them and…

https://www.statista.com/statistics/263437/global-smartphone-sales-to-end-users-since-2007/

Smartphone sales worldwide 2007-2023| Statista

In 2021 almost 1.5 billion smartphones were sold to end users worldwide. In the fourth quarter nearly 25% of all smartphones sold were Apple.

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