$30B for laptops yielded a generation less cognitively capable than parents

Post by walterbell » Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC

Post by walterbell » Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC

selectively wrote: post #2

Unrelated to the laptops. Also, please don't link low quality sources (Yahoo) on HN.

  In written testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said that Gen Z is less cognitively capable than previous generations, despite its unprecedented access to technology.. Horvath blamed.. tendency to get off-track as a key contributor to technology hindering learning.

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Post by toomuchtodo » Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 2:12 AM UTC

selectively wrote: post #2

Unrelated to the laptops. Also, please don't link low quality sources (Yahoo) on HN.

Post by bob001 » Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 2:20 AM UTC

walterbell wrote: post #3

selectively wrote: post #2

Unrelated to the laptops. Also, please don't link low quality sources (Yahoo) on HN.

> Unrelated to the laptops From the article: In written testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said that Gen Z is less cognitively capable than previous generations, despite its unprecedented access to technology.. Horvath blamed.. tendency to get off-track as a key contributor to technology hindering learning. > low quality sources For…

Post by walterbell » Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC

bob001 wrote: post #7

walterbell wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Unrelated to the laptops From the article: In written testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said that Gen Z is less cognitively capable than previous generations, despite its unprecedented access to technology.. Horvath blamed.. tendency to get off-track as a key contributor to technology hindering learning. > low quality sources For…

Which is all fluff until someone links to a peer reviewed study.

  Citing Program for International Student Assessment data taken from 15-year-olds across the world and other standardized tests, Horvath noted not only dipping test scores, but also a stark correlation in scores and time spent on computers in school, such that more screen time was related to worse scores.