Evidence-led essays, explainers and editorial analysis from the ALTIUS library.
Competence answers whether an institution can act. Integrity and accountability shape what people expect it to do with that capacity. Trust cannot be reduced to performance alone.
The problem is not that people have lost the ability to think. It is that modern environments make interruption, delegation and instant answers easier than staying with a difficult question long enough to understand it.
Digital systems do not need to damage the brain to affect performance. Frequent interruption, task switching and poorly designed environments are enough to change the conditions in which attention is used.