La fábrica de cretinos digitales

The use of technology -smartphones, computers, tablets- by the new generations is absolutely disproportionate. With only two years of age, the average consumption is around three hours. From eight to twelve, the average is close to five hours. In adolescence, the figure shoots up to almost seven hours, which is more than two thousand four hundred hours a year in full intellectual development. Contrary to what the press and industry have spread so far, the use of technology, far from helping the development of children and students, produces serious complications of all kinds: on the body (obesity, cardiovascular problems, reduction of life expectancy), on emotions (aggressiveness, depression, risk behaviors) and on intellectual development (impoverishment of language, concentration, memory...). This is an essential work of denunciation for parents and pedagogues concerned about the development of their children and students. The prestigious neuroscience expert Michel Desmurget proposes the first synthesis on the real dangers of screens and alerts us to the serious consequences of continuing to uncritically promote the use of these technologies.