John Burn-Burdoch is one of the journalists doing the most to help us understand the massive changes to society, consciousness, and now personality in the smarphone era. This report is astonishing. He brings a lot out from behind the paywall: @jburnmurdoch
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NEW: Is the internet changing our personalities for the worse? Conscientiousness and extroversion are down, neuroticism up, with young adults leading the charge. This is a really consequential shift, and there’s a lot going on here, so let’s get into the weeds 🧵
For more on the attention apocalypse, see this essay from March: and this figure from the new one:
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