{"id":16831,"date":"2024-12-09T11:39:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T10:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/is-doom-scrolling-really-rotting-our-brains-the-evidence-is-getting-harder-to-ignore-sian-boyle\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T10:39:46","slug":"is-doom-scrolling-really-rotting-our-brains-the-evidence-is-getting-harder-to-ignore-sian-boyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/is-doom-scrolling-really-rotting-our-brains-the-evidence-is-getting-harder-to-ignore-sian-boyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Is doom scrolling really rotting our brains? The evidence is getting harder to ignore | Si\u00e2n Boyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Brain rot\u2019 is the Oxford English Dictionary\u2019s word of the year \u2013 a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter <\/p>\n

If you want to witness the last vestiges of human intellect swirling down the drain, hold your nose and type the words \u201cskibidi toilet<\/a>\u201d into YouTube. The 11-second video features an animated human head protruding from a toilet bowl while singing the nonsensical lyrics \u201cskibidi dop dop dop yes yes\u201d. The clip has been viewed more than 215m times, and spawned hundreds of millions of references on TikTok and other social media.<\/p>\n

Fitting, then, that the Oxford English Dictionary has just announced \u201cbrain rot<\/a>\u201d as its word of year. As an abstract concept, brain rot is something we\u2019re all vaguely aware of. The dictionary defines it as \u201cthe supposed deterioration of a person\u2019s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging\u201d. But few people are aware of how literally technology is rotting our brains, and how decisively compulsive internet use is destroying our grey matter.<\/p>\n

Si\u00e2n Boyle is a freelance journalist<\/p>\n

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\n\u2018Brain rot\u2019 is the Oxford English Dictionary\u2019s word of the year \u2013 a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter
\nIf you want to witness the last vestiges of human intellect swirling down the drain, hold your nose and type the words \u201cskibidi toilet\u201d into YouTube. The 11-second video features an animated human head protruding from a toilet bowl while singing the nonsensical lyrics \u201cskibidi dop dop dop yes yes\u201d. The clip has been viewed more than 215m times, and spawned hundreds of millions of references on TikTok and other social media.
\nFitting, then, that the Oxford English Dictionary has just announced \u201cbrain rot\u201d as its word of year. As an abstract concept, brain rot is something we\u2019re all vaguely aware of. The dictionary defines it as \u201cthe supposed deterioration of a person\u2019s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging\u201d. But few people are aware of how literally technology is rotting our brains, and how decisively compulsive internet use is destroying our grey matter.
\nSi\u00e2n Boyle is a freelance journalist Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Brain rot\u2019 is the Oxford English Dictionary\u2019s word of the year \u2013 a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter If you want to witness the last vestiges of human intellect swirling down the drain, hold your nose and type the words \u201cskibidi toilet\u201d into YouTube. The 11-second …<\/p>\n

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