Jonathan Haidt, the psychologist who said it best, and then finally convinced public education and lots of parents, that a big chunk of youth mental illnesses and suffering (which educators had witnessed mushrooming up around us in classrooms) could be attributed to social media and gaming consumption. His 2024 book, The Anxious Generation, made the case for how social media alerts + dopamine hits => addiction, anxiety, sadness, irritability, and insomnia. His work helped move many US school administrators to discuss banning phones–and then follow through on it. School admin should beware of his most recent warning.

Much has changed since Haidt completed his work for that 2024 book. This past week I heard him respond to a good question from Russell Moore in a podcast, “would you rethink an

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