Experiment day 112 finished for a fun Friday!
Conversations to make you think on how “fun” can be developmental—but also addicting, how perceptions ignore mounting evidence, and how tech keeping brains alive mirrors That Hideous Strength (lots of questions there).
Daily Reads
This is a no brainer for anyone who has played games. I believe parenting goes a long way into determining if gaming becomes addictive or stays recreational-developmental.
“Heavy video gaming is not linked to cognitive harm in teens, but gaming addiction is”
This does not rewrite human history. But it is a great example of how establish narratives dismiss mountains of evidence as one-off circumstantial. (And makes for good click bait.)
Now consider how we do this with our perceptions of ourselves and others.
“13,000-year-old bones found near SoCal coast could rewrite human history”
This 1st paragraph from the article is in the replies. Feels like it’s out of That Hideous Strength.
A lot of questions on what this means for being alive, how the physical and spiritual interplay, and what does it look like for this tech to advance.
“Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing”
