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[stevofolife]

You got it all wrong. You don't use TikTok for critical thinking. This product was never designed to be a critical thinking tool.

[sph → stevofolife]

Critical thinking is a muscle. It can get weak and wither away really fast if addictive apps keep you on the dopamine hamster wheel.

It doesn't actively make you dumber, you make yourself dumber abusing it, and it's designed specifically for you to abuse it.