Increments
Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem
Displaying all 2 Episode of Increments with the tag “social-media”.
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#83 - The Anxious Generation Round II: Alternative Explanations
March 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 21 mins
anxious-generation, education, jonathan-haidt, mental-health, pessimism, social-media
Are there other hypotheses on the rise in self-harm rates among adolescents? Not any good ones, it turns out.
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#82 - Are Screens Really That Bad? Critiquing Jon Haidt's "The Anxious Generation"
March 6th, 2025 | 1 hr 52 mins
anxiety, haidt, mental health, parenting, social-media
A review of Jonathan Haidt's newest book on social media and adolescent mental health. Are we losing a generation to TikTok, or have social scientists forgotten how to make causal claims?