Earlier, I expressed my fear that a steady stream of cute cat videos on YouTube was killing global productivity. Now, I’m beginning to wonder whether it might start killing off our kids. At the end of July Shah Faisal Shinwari, a popular YouTube vlogger (‘video blogger’), had to be fished out of the Thames having jumped off Tower Bridge. He hit the surface hard, gulped several mouthfuls of dirty water and was nearly swept downriver. He only survived because he dragged himself to the side where rescuers could pump the so-called water from his lungs and stomach. This ‘dare’ was uploaded to YouTube for the world to watch.
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