social media was a mistake https://t.co/YZj1oLmcE6
The oldest members of Gen Z began puberty around 2009, when several tech trends converged: the rapid spread of high-speed broadband in the 2000s, the arrival of the iPhone in 2007, and the new age of hyper-viralized social media. The last of these was kicked off in 2009 by the arrival of the “like” and “retweet” (or “share”) buttons, which transfor
... See moreJonathan Haidt • The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Constantly surveying school-age kids about their mental health causes more issues than it solves.
Coming of age in the time of social media has inflicted a great deal of psychological trauma upon me and those I love. Nary a birthday goes by without me wondering how many people posted “Happy Birthday!!” on my wall. For a while, that number determined how good of a birthday I’d have. For this and this alone Zuckerberg should be tried before the H... See more
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Emergency-room visits for suicide attempts and self-harm have been skyrocketing for Gen Z girls across the Anglosphere in the past decade, including in Australia and New Zealand. But there is no rise in suicide or self-harm attempts in similar high-income countries with other national languages, such as France, Germany, and Italy. As Vox ’s Eric Le
... See moreWork in Progress, The Atlantic • America’s Top Export May Be Anxiety
What Instagram did to body image, wallstreetbets and Twitter are doing to bank account image.
John Luttig • Finance as culture
