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The Rubinshteinic Paradigm Against Brainrot


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Article Summary

"Brain rot,", taken in literal form, is a growing concern. This article argues that brain rot is caused by a vast collection of factors, starting from unconscious troubles, stress, addictions, lack of exercise, and many, many more!
These many negative factors impair the brain's neuroplasticity, or its ability to adapt and learn—which is crucial for navigating an ever-changing world.
The negative implications of brain rot are severe, affecting memory, clarity of thought, physical and mental health, and increasing susceptibility to mental disorders. Of course, negative factors, without positivity to serve their antagonist, encourage a growing trend of negativity.
Social media contributes to brain rot by being non-stimulating and manipulative. These platforms nurture a false sense of connection (para-social fallacy), foster toxicity and drama, and enable these very negative factors without limit or remorse.
Ironically, in a brain-rot world, those who withdraw from society may be more competent than those who participate in it. This incompetence may lead to humans being replaced by AI and robots in both the world of business and our personal lives.
The article concludes by emphasizing the importance of self-development to combat brain rot and achieve personal growth and attract a positive audience (In the world of content creation).


‘Brain rot’ is defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration”. -- Oxford
Do not fall for the programming that says that life is monotonous and that there is only one route, there is so much to live, and so many experiences of wonder waiting for you to go out and discover them! -- Mickey Eilon

Introduction


A most concerning contemporary phenomenon is something known, in slang form, as "Brain-rot". This term can be taken in many ways, and in this article's case, what we're talking about is the actual, deterioration of the human mind..


The human mind is an essential tool for beings to navigate reality and to understand it in a way that can serve their hopes and dreams, as well as to contribute to their wellbeing. A deteriorated mind, as such, can have a very negative impact on one's ability to conceive reality in a way that can serve their wants and needs.


In other words, the human mind is a tool that exists for functional reasons. The more it deteriorates, the less useful a tool it can be for navigating reality.


In short, "Brainrot", when taken literally, refers to the growing incompetence of this world's many minds, as a contemporary trend.


The Factors of Mental Deterioration


In the 21st century, there many, many factors negatively influencing the human mind's ability to develop naturally and in a healthy way. In theory, I can come up with them all should I set my mind to it... Let's see...






  • Lack of rest.







  • Failure to unlearn harmful learned concepts.


All of these, and in theory far more factors, may harm the brain's neuroplastic potential. The brain's neuroplastic potential exists to make the brain develop and grow from perceived stimulation.


It is often very easy to neglect the brain's natural tendencies to re-wire and hardwire itself, simply because such potential is not well-understood by many...


The Brain As A Flexible Organ


The brain is not a static human organ. Being the most important human organ in the human body, can be attributed to the fact that all bodily functions are a product of many conscious and unconscious mental processes.


  • For example, the beatings of your heart are a product of an unconscious mental process that allows your heart to beat in the first place. By proxy, a damaged brain leads to impaired bodily functions, including the heart.



  • Therefore, by deductive reasoning, taking good care of your brain, can also lead to your own brain, taking better care of your bodily functions.


  • Your brain is often on autopilot, and contains much knowledge that you, the more-conscious self, are not aware of.














In an ever-changing 21st century, your brain's neuroplastic potential is of utmost importance. Discarding and/or not being aware of it, can unnecessarily compromise you on the long run, no matter who you are, and can compromise your individual and more-societal responsibilities.


The Implications of Mental Deterioration


The long-term implications of mental deterioration, AKA "Brainrot", can be severe, and increase in severity, over time...



  • Brainrot can diminish your ability to see reality with clarity, and can prevent you from making important logic-based connections on a regular basis.



  • The more stressed you are, the more "rotten" your brain gets.



  • Much of human suffering, and by proxy, much of the world's problems, can "simply" be attributed to unresolved stress.


How to Solve Brainrot


Essentially, brainrot can be seen as a product of much unresolved stress, whether that stress is felt or repressed.


  • Stress will prevent your brain from solving its own problems automatically.


  • The more relaxed you are, and the less troubled you are, the more you can allow your brain's "autopilot" mechanisms solve their own problems.



  • It is important to identify your own thoughts often, as some of your thoughts might, without your deeper awareness, diminish your brain's natural neuroplastic potential. Then, you need to develop the regular habit of changing these thoughts, to thoughts that can improve your overall wellbeing, and by extension, your brain.


  • Massage your temples regularly. Massage your shoulders regularly.


  • Take the occasional shower and drink lots of water. Water is mainly for the brain after all, given how much your brain needs to supervise your own body...


  • "Laughter is the best medicine". It is important to laugh often, or in other words, it is important to take humor very, very seriously!!


  • Regular exercise will help your body relieve much of its stress by itself. An exercise as "simple" as dancing to music you like, can not only relieve you from stress but also amplify your brain's functions!


  • Listening to music that resonates with you, in many of your daily activities, can improve your cognitive functions even outside of physical exercise.


  • Your brain craves stimulation. The more you stimulate your brain in a way that makes you feel good, and as a way of habit, the more you can recover independently from many of your physical and mental ailments.



  • When working, try moving your belly often to the sounds of music. When you do this creative multitask, you can not only amplify your cognitive functions, but also take care of your stress, AND your digestive system!


  • Develop the occasional habit of patting your belly in a circular motion. The more you do it the more you can take care of your digestive system. Much repressed stress can be found there, in your abdomen, after all.


  • Take the occasional bathroom break to literally relieve yourself of stress.


The Relations Between Shallow Content and Brainrot


Shallow content can be defined as any piece of media that does not stimulate or challenge your mind. This is why, often, brainrot is often associated with social media. To quote the Irish Musician, Hozier:


Social media is an advertisement for the superficial extroverted self.


  • In fact, one of the most common contemporary addictions nowadays is the social media addiction, very common in younger demographics.




  • From a more ethical point of view, social media platforms are manipulative, using your own addictions and biases against you. They take much much of your time, in exchange for ad revenue.





  • While it is your choice to be addicted or not, and while your choice ethically deserves to be respected, your choices are also your responsibility, and ideally, you are responsible for the choices you make.


  • Social media can create in your brain the illusion that you are well-connected. This is known as the para-social fallacy.


  • Illusions/delusions can prevent your brain from navigating reality effectively. Therefore, the mind deserves to be disillusioned, so it can focus on more important tasks, related to your survival and your wellbeing.


  • Social media platforms are notoriously known to be toxic, where users can make massive dramas out of the smallest of miscommunications.


  • Dramas are very stressful for the brain and therefore deserve to be avoided for the sake of one's own wellbeing and mental survival.


The Irony of Disability In a Brainrot World


What we perceive as disability is not objective!



  • The more rotten a brain gets, the more its cognitive functions are impaired, or, in other words... disabled.






  • This correlates with the idea that we are slowly getting into a dystopian-like, cyberpunk reality, where the growing incompetence of humans shall deem them "fit" by their corporate overlords to be replaced by a more competent robotic workforce.






Practical Conclusions From the Philosocom Research


  • You have to work on yourself regularly! Not just work at a job, necessarily!






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Tomasio A. Rubinshtein, Philosocom's Founder & Writer

I am a philosopher. I'm also a semi-hermit who has decided to dedicate my life to writing and sharing my articles across the globe to help others with their problems and combat shallowness. More information about me can be found here.

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