Plenty of studies, and many critical thinkers have weighed in on how the Internet, once heralded as a gift to society, is not exactly working in our broader interests.

• On the US elections. How the Internet is distorting our concept of truth.

• Our Brains and the Net. Nicholas Carr’s seminal book, The Shallows, on how Google is making us stupid, among other things.

• Screens and Young Children’s brains. A Psychology Today must-read for parents of all toddlers who ‘need’ their parents’ cell phones and tablets.

• Multi-tasking and decreasing performance. I weigh in on a 2016 study.