Book: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing An Epidemic of Mental Illness
Book: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing An Epidemic of Mental Illness
Just came across this article about a book titled:
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing An Epidemic of Mental Illness
I haven't read it, but I'm a little concerned that the article has zero mention of the built environment. Thoughts?
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I like more this article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00902-2
It’s a good counterpoint on the book’s premise, but I think completely disagreeing with the potential for social media to cause mental harm is toxic and avoids a conversation worth engaging with. If we are going to give our kids social media or highly incentivizing games at a young age, we should be prepared for a generation that is completely dependent on artificial dopamine rushes.
Of course the science will have a hard time proving that when there’s hundreds of billions of dollars invested against finding substantial evidence to suggest social media and gaming can create toxic feedback loops.