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13. It would be really sad

Mon Jan 16, 2023, 10:01 PM

Jan 2023

if they were to discourage such an initiative.

I know we live in a new and different age, but I really fear for the future of young people who are being educated today. I am envisioning some dystopian future where no one can read or write anything that is more than a couple of pages. There are so many mindless distractions and it is easy to get caught up in it all. I know young people who can't even sit through an entire movie.

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How to Focus Like It's 1990 [View all] PatSeg Jan 2023 OP

Have you seen the 60 Minutes segment on brainhacking? SheltieLover Jan 2023 #1

"The race to the bottom... of the brainstem." intrepidity Jan 2023 #3

No, I haven't PatSeg Jan 2023 #5

I'd like to read this now, but hlthe2b Jan 2023 #2

Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg Jan 2023 #6

Have you seen this interview momta Jan 2023 #4

Thank you PatSeg Jan 2023 #8

Good article, thanks. One of our brilliant grandsons, an only child Hortensis Jan 2023 #7

Oh, I'm sure it is PatSeg Jan 2023 #9

I often wonder and can't either. But more important than ever. Hortensis Jan 2023 #10

It won't be long before PatSeg Jan 2023 #11

Also the administrators and education professionals who Hortensis Jan 2023 #12

It would be really sad PatSeg Jan 2023 #13

Yes. Possible impact on independent reading seems most alarming. Hortensis Jan 2023 #14

Yes hopefully PatSeg Jan 2023 #15