Austin G Mackell (@austingmackell.bsky.social)

In a recent video I heard @esaagar.bsky.social blame "the screens" for declining test scores in the US. But they have screens in China and Japan, and are not facing these same declines. Mark Fisher knows "societal collapse" is causally upstream from the digital distraction, rather than the inverse.

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Screentime is not the cause of declining test scores. It’s the slow cancellation of the future. https://www.writeinstone.com/blog/post/screentime-is-not-the-cause-of-declining-test-scores-its-the-slow-cancellation-of-the-future?title=Screentime+is+not+the+cause+of+declining+test+scores.+It%E2%80%99s+the+slow+cancellation+of+the+future.%C2%A0&authorName=Austin&authorAvatar=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sebastiangrantcdn.com%2Fstone%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Faustin_avatar-96x96.jpeg