Trending over thinking – quick fame, quiet genius: the bad habits of social media
This article explores the cultural and psychological shift in how societies attribute value in the digital era, emphasizing the increasing preference for visibility and immediate recognition over substantive, long-term achievement. Drawing from interdisciplinary fields such as neuroeconomics, behavi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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General Association of Economists from Romania
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Theoretical and Applied Economics |
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| Summary: | This article explores the cultural and psychological shift in how societies attribute value
in the digital era, emphasizing the increasing preference for visibility and immediate recognition
over substantive, long-term achievement. Drawing from interdisciplinary fields such as
neuroeconomics, behavioural psychology, sociology, and media theory, the study investigates how
cognitive biases – such as effort discounting, temporal discounting, and availability heuristics –
interact with dopamine-driven reward systems to shape perception in an attention-based economy.
The authors argue that social media and platform capitalism have transformed prestige into
performative visibility, undermining civic virtue, intellectual effort, and institutional trust. By
integrating insights from evolutionary psychology and cultural anthropology, the article provides a
theoretical framework for understanding this transition and its implications for education,
democracy, and individual well-being. It concludes with policy and pedagogical recommendations
aimed at revaluing effort, mastery, and ethical contribution in a digitally saturated society. |
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| ISSN: | 1841-8678 1844-0029 |