Bryan Johnson· Author
The social media tax creates dull skin and eyes, causes weight gain, facial symmetry deteriorates and fatigue as the aura. Heavy users are downgrade their intelligence, experience more relationship dysfunction, and age faster.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
The social media tax creates dull skin and eyes, causes weight gain, facial symmetry deteriorates and fatigue as the aura. Heavy users are downgrade their intelligence, experience more relationship dysfunction, and age faster.
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Heavy social media users visibly decline 1-2 points in attractiveness i.e. 7 to a 5.