Is social media to blame for the teen mental health crisis? Listen to me, a middle-aged libertarian, tell Joe Rogan that it is. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Show If Books Could Kill, Ep The Anxious Generation - Aug 8, 2024
"Listen to me, a middle-aged libertarian" *cancels everyone involved*
But it has graphs and charts, Michael. Graphs and charts!
I really struggled with Haidt's apparent characterization of Millennials as not a generation-in-crisis. We might not have gotten a formal diagnosis until our early-30s, but coming of age post-9/11 & hitting the workforce post-Great Recession was NOT a good time. bsky.app/profile/covi...
For people who want to help break Haidt's hold on their normie friends and don't want to send them a 2 hour long Michael & Peter pod, I've used this as a good starting point: bsky.app/profile/covi...
Start here if you want to share info w/ folks to help blunt the harm of Haidt's The Anxious Generation: "Unfortunately, our time is being spent telling stories that are unsupported by research and that do little to support young people who need, and deserve, more." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes. The evidence is equ...
One issue with taking devices is it singles out disable children who need for accessibility needs. Such as the app for your hearing aides being on your phone, insulin monitoring or access to a laptop for note taking.
I love this episode but I have to say, I'm a fan of more recess and play, much less parental hovering. Kinda think parents more than phones are the problem.
He's got that thing about not being able to tell time online. Very silly. When I was a teenager you could have presented me an IRC channel or a forum with the timestamps hidden and I would have been able to guess the time of day fairly accurately based on how many Australians were awake and posting.
What the free play anecdote suggests to me is that kids don't get to fucking relax anywhere but at recess and are being forced to sit and focus for too long. The third space problem is a lot more relevant than social media - where the fuck are kids supposed to go anymore?
I gleefully anticipate the first Thanksgiving "oh, errryone is on their phoooones in this room" wail when we spent our lives avoiding family conversations by reading newspapers or watching football.
Starting a petition to make every IBCK episode 2 hours long.