Every time I send out a weekly digest, I soon read something that I wish I had included. This book excerpt about teaching persistence to children would have paired very well with the TikTok brain article... in terms of illustrating the toxicity of social media.
The immediate gratification/dopamine rush that comes from platforms like TikTok is the exact opposite of the type of flow state needed to teach children how to persist in the real world.
Excerpt from The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk via Delancey Place:
Every time I send out a weekly digest, I soon read something that I wish I had included. This book excerpt about teaching persistence to children would have paired very well with the TikTok brain article... in terms of illustrating the toxicity of social media.
The immediate gratification/dopamine rush that comes from platforms like TikTok is the exact opposite of the type of flow state needed to teach children how to persist in the real world.
Excerpt from The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk via Delancey Place:
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