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John Burn-Murdoch

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Columnist and chief data reporter @FinancialTimes | Stories, stats & scatterplots | Senior fellow @LSEdataScience | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com

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Mar 14, 2025
NEW 🧵: Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems...
SummaryInternational test scores show declining cognitive abilities since the mid-2010s, not due to biological changes but from how people interact with digital technology. The shift from active engagement to passive consumption, algorithmic feeds, shorter content formats, and constant notifications appears to be eroding people's capacity for focus, reasoning, and processing complex information.15 tweets2 min read