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		johnnyanmac 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan ranked 31st in digital competitiveness, 92nd... I sure hope so. I did say slippery slope for a reason, I know it's a bad method of thinking overall But seeing this data after I read other local reports of the US digital literacy plummeting with GenZ does give me a bad omen in my mind. But once is coincidence.

aithrowawaycomm 11 months ago [–]

The "good news" is that US youth brain rot is probably a global phenomenon, so it shouldn't affect the rankings :)

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