# Jared Cooney Horvath Back to [[Reverse Flynn Effect and EdTech]] **Role:** Cognitive neuroscientist and educator; Director of LME Global; hearing witness ## Background - He describes himself as a "former teacher-turned-cognitive neuroscientist who focuses on human learning." He also says he has never received Big Tech funding (oral testimony). - **Education:** - MEd, Harvard (Mind, Brain, and Education) - PhD in cognitive neuroscience, University of Melbourne - **Work:** - Director of **LME Global** (Scottsdale, AZ). He created "The Learning Blueprint." - LME's page credits him with six books and 60+ articles ⚠️ (self-reported). - **Book:** *The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids' Learning—And How To Help Them Thrive Again*. - First published by LME Global in 2025, per Education Next (360 pp.). His testimony cites it as 2026. - Penguin Random House lists ISBN 9798217423965. Chalkbeat reported a re-release by a major publisher in summer 2026. - **Substack:** [thedigitaldelusion.substack.com](https://thedigitaldelusion.substack.com) ## In this topic - He testified on Jan 15, 2026: see [[Senate Testimony - Horvath (2026-01-15)]]. - His oral statement is the source of "Gen Z is the first generation… to underperform us… even general IQ." - In the same statement he conceded "this is all correlative." - In his Feb 6, 2026 Substack post he walked the IQ claim back: "we cannot concretely say that Gen Z is less intelligent than Millennials." He reframed IQ as "school-ability." - **Reach:** Chalkbeat (Mar 17, 2026) put the C-SPAN YouTube views at more than 2 million and said Jonathan Haidt had promoted his work. - **Policy positions at the hearing:** - He supported an Australia-style under-16 ban, KOSMA ("Step one"), and no smartphones before 18. - He said "ChatGPT is not good for learning." - He called for independent efficacy standards for EdTech. - **Critics:** see [[Related Research and Trends#Criticism of Horvath's case]] and [[People/Elizabeth Tipton]].