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1. kykeon+SY[view] [source] 2026-02-02 10:52:58
>>rebane+(OP)
I think what is interesting is that it is not necessarily the content of the brainrot that makes us underperform, but the act of swiping [0] and the context switching [1].

These attempts to make educational short form content still suffer from the same drawbacks, so I wonder how effective they truly are.

[0] https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/33099

[1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09658211.2025.252107...

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2. dvh+F01[view] [source] 2026-02-02 11:11:59
>>kykeon+SY
I think it's "this one is good but if I swipe the next one can be even better", i.e. classic dopamine addiction. Stop digging!
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3. cynica+Yx1[view] [source] 2026-02-02 14:59:00
>>dvh+F01
A slot machine affect. Viewing our society as an addicted one clarifies most of our social ills.
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