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Cognitive Crutch or Cattellian Catapult? Technology Use and Human Capital Formation

2026-06-24

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Are cognitive technologies making us less intelligent, or more so? This paper develops a dynamic model of human capital formation in which individuals allocate cognitive effort between internal reasoning and external technological support. On this view, rather than exerting uniform effects, technologies alter the incentive structure governing cognitive investment. The model supposes that technological use can take...

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ca346d21-b28d-51aa-84df-f3e5d578e5de
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10.20944/preprints202606.1778.v1
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