How training the brain could boost economic growth
In a world where solutions are harder to come by, we must maximize the power of the human mind.
https://www.ft.com/content/7d5ca3ea-9d08-4de5-a8da-6b66db802801
It would also require a reckoning with the recession in human cognition brought by modern technology. The search engines at our fingertips erode our incentive to remember word definitions or calculate; immersion in video content harms our capacity to read or write; and constant exposure to addictive, attention-demanding social media swamps our cognitive capacity and undermines our ability to concentrate.
In a world where solutions are harder to come by, we must maximize the power of the human mind.
https://www.ft.com/content/7d5ca3ea-9d08-4de5-a8da-6b66db802801
It would also require a reckoning with the recession in human cognition brought by modern technology. The search engines at our fingertips erode our incentive to remember word definitions or calculate; immersion in video content harms our capacity to read or write; and constant exposure to addictive, attention-demanding social media swamps our cognitive capacity and undermines our ability to concentrate.