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I assure you that it did fry many brains.

But what was the impact?

Society has made tremendous progress since the invention of TV.

Trends around IQ and mental health suggest this age is quite the outlier historically.

Outlier compared to what?

I'm not denying new forms of media have negative impacts but the world kept spinning and progressing.

I regret watching too much television as a kid. Fortunately my mother wouldn’t allow us to play indoors on the weekends unless it was raining.

... do you know it didn't?

I'm not sure myself.

I do know that television feels about as deep as a puddle for me. Literature a bit less so. I suspect there is something to this.

...you're saying that 24/7 news channels didn't do that?