Or at least, that’s the message in a “startling warning” from Lady Greenfield, professor of synaptic pharmacology at Lincoln college, Oxford, and director of the Royal Institution. It’s a classic example of the good old days argument, much loved by the Daily Mail and MPs in general: in a nutshell, Facebook, the internet and fast-moving things on screens in general are melting children’s brains, and things were better back in my day when people used to go out and speak to each other on the street.… Read more
