Let's Be Less Stupid: An Attempt To Maintain My Mental Faculties - Plot & Excerpts
Since then I’ve spent untellable hours in front of my computer, challenged by earth-shattering problems like which tiles on the matrix were momentarily highlighted, how to maneuver a penguin through a constantly rotating maze, and how many more drills I must complete before I am smart enough to date Harold Bloom. If it were not for these distractions, dumb ol’ me could have finished writing chapter eleven by now. Remember when video games were considered the pastimes of sketchy children, whose addiction, if left unchecked, could lead to a life of crime and poor eyesight? Now we call these games brain exercises and hope and trust that our digital exertions will make us as mentally agile as preteens wielding M27 assault rifles in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. They—the games, not the guns—are to mental health what kale and juice cleanses are to nutrition. “Improve your brain performance,” beckons one online cognitive training website, “and live a better life.” “Achieve up to 1500% increase in brain function,”
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