Another example of somebody saying that social media and smartphones are actually good for intelligence and development, and when you go check what the person does, it becomes clear why he is saying that.
https://nautil.us/the-internet-has-not-killed-reading-or-attention-spans-1279171
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The Internet Has Not Killed Reading—or Attention Spans

The Internet Has Not Killed Reading—or Attention Spans: An interview with Kevin Ashton, MIT technology pioneer and author of The Story of Stories