Wednesday, December 4, 2024

“While England endeavours to cure the potato rot, will not any endeavour to cure the brain-rot – which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
– Henry David Thoreau –

Here’s a striking parallel for you: Just as Thoreau warned about “brain rot” in 1854 during the industrial revolution, Oxford Dictionary’s 2024 Word of the Year captures our modern digital dilemma with the term having evolved from criticizing simple ideas to describing our collective anxiety about endless scrolling and low-quality content consumption. To learn more, Check out the article ‘Brain rot’ named Oxford Word of the Year 2024.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad