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A Theory of Dumb

New York magazine

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November 17–30, 2025

Our recent cognitive diminishment has been attributed to everything from screen time to lockdown to microplastics. What if the cause is more fundamental: Each other?

- BY LANE BROWN

A Theory of Dumb

EXPERTS WERE SURE THAT THE 20TH CENTURY would make us stupid. Never before had culture and technology reshaped daily life so quickly, and every new invention brought with it a panic over the damage it was surely causing to our fragile, defenseless brains. Lightbulbs, radio, comic books, movies, TV, rock and roll, video games, calculators, pornography on demand, dial-up internet, the Joel Schumacher

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AMID THE FLOOD of French throwbacks and semi-private clubs that have defined dining lately, we've been left craving places that offer real points of view. How lucky that a fresh crop of Chinatown wine bars, Pan-Caribbean tasting counters, and Cambodian canteens do just that. Read on for offal salads, masa cocktails, and more highlights from a year of wildly exciting eating.

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November 17–30, 2025

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