Opinion: Technology weakens our minds. It’s time to resist.
The growth of A.I. has brought new cognitive concerns.
From The Times
April 10, 2026

A fitness revolution in the 1960s changed Americans’ understanding of food and exercise. Now, we face a new crisis, one that affects our minds more than our bodies: the negative impact of digital technology on our ability to think, writes Cal Newport, a professor of computer science.

An illustration of a brain lifting a barbell

Christoph Niemann

Opinion

It’s time for a cognitive fitness revolution.

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