Sure, being addicted to staring at a small screen in your hand means less physical activity and more heart disease. Also, the constant propaganda and focus on negative news can increase cortisol and blood pressure.
Your English is good.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2024
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Why does everyone who says they have bad English always have amazing English
It's that... Thing.... Where if you know stuff, you realise how much stuff you don't know. And if you don't know, you don't know you don't know.
So because they know English a bit, but it's not as much as their primary language, they realise how much they don't know.
Whereas people who only know English don't know how bad they is at it.
FYI I only know English, but I'm pretty great at it.
The dunning Krueger curve thingo? That makes sense
Also I recognize your name for some reason.
Considering how much content is meant to generate RAGE, yeah probably
Your English is mostly perfect, but (and as someone who tries, like you, to speak another language correctly):
Could it be that not only these platforms are harmful in mental health and privacy but also physical health?
should be
Could it be that not only are these platforms harmful in mental health and privacy but also physical health?
The change in location of the word are is what makes it a grammatically correct question rather than a statement.
To me, I think the primary harm to our physical health IS the impact on our mental health, which is a physical health. To say nothing of neglecting our physical bodies by being so sedentary.
Thanks for pointing that out 😅
Btw you have a good point about this!
Is there an increase in the actual number of people with hypertension? Or is there an increase in the known number of people with hypertension in your country? While I don't want to downplay the risk and frequency of any medical condition, it's important to consider the increase may come from better, more frequent diagnoses and testing ability. A similar increase in cancer frequency largely came from more frequent screenings, better testing, and more knowledge all around. Yet, all kinds of things were blamed for the "sudden" change from cell phones, plastic, banning lead, vapes, non-organics food, GMO food, to nuclear power plants.
I see... Since dopamine, cortisol... from the rages, the pleasure feelings, and other strategies are tools that these platforms use to addict us to them. These neurotransmitters and hormones heavily affect our heartbeat, blood pressure and other heart-related things. (I've read the Dopamine Nation book and listened to several podcasts discussing this.)
I don't have any studies about this, and I'm just a guy trying to learn more about these new phenomena that might have a significant impact on our next generations.
Anyway, it's nice to hear a different take on this to not just blindly blaming the wrong thing.