| ▲ | selectively 4 hours ago |
| Unrelated to the laptops. Also, please don't link low quality sources (Yahoo) on HN. |
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| ▲ | walterbell 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| > 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 sourcesFortune Magazine? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_(magazine) The publication was founded by Henry Luce in 1929. The magazine competes with Forbes and Bloomberg Businessweek in the national business magazine category and distinguishes itself with long, in-depth feature articles.
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| ▲ | bob001 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Which is all fluff until someone links to a peer reviewed study. | | |
| ▲ | walterbell 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/pisa-2022-results-volum... 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.
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| ▲ | bob001 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Let's see what this study actually says, shall we? > Students who spent up to one hour per day on digital devices for learning activities in school scored 14 points higher in mathematics than students who spent no time, even after accounting for students’ and schools’ socio-economic profile, and this positive relationship is observed in over half (45 countries and economies) of all systems with available data. That sounds like school laptops to me. |
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| ▲ | qsera 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | >peer reviewed study.. So you trust the peer, but not the author? How come? | | |
| ▲ | bob001 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | The peer review process provides a minimal level of verification, and the paper provides details that can be directly looked at. |
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| ▲ | juggerl6 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [dead] |
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| ▲ | magicalhippo 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Original source is https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z... |
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| ▲ | snayan 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| laptops are to cognitive capabilities as syringes are to heroin overdoses. It's just one of the many delivery mechanisms for brainrot in the 21st century. |
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| ▲ | toomuchtodo 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Yahoo is a common, accepted source: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=yahoo.com |
