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āLow-information votersā is a phrase that will haunt me in my dreams. But also a sign of the times. But I also worry that criticising the press creates the illusion that journalism itself has no value so we might as well just follow influencers. That feels like a circular problem.
https://stringinamaze.net/p/the-media-will-never-stop-falling-for-it-3126d53337046e6a
āA recent study from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon suggested that a person's critical thinking skills atrophied the more they relied on, and trusted in, AI responses. Another paper, published last year, unearthed a distressing link between students who heavily relied on ChatGPT and memory loss and tanking grades. ā
āIn 2025, 50% of Tumblr's active monthly users are Gen Zers, as are 60% of new users signing upā
https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-flocking-tumblr-millennials-musk-zuckerberg-safe-space-2025-
The article also briefly mentions other contemporary emerging theories, such as Alzheimerās being a glucose metabolism disorder of the brain (as a result of a fault in brain mitochondria).
Since brain mitochondria are also implicated in Parkinsonās and Huntingtonās, weāll probably see more research on that.
āRather, we believe that Alzheimer's is principally a disorder of the immune system within the brain.ā
https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-may-not-actually-be-a-brain-disease-says-expert
This āletās see what everyone who isnāt us is going and say that doing the polar opposite is civilisedā is dumb.
Itās everywhere, and it hurts everyone.