A scathing review in Nature of Jonathan Haidt's latest book "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness" by UC Irvine's Candice Odgers (associate dean for research and professor of psychological science and informatics).
Quote: "An analysis done in 72 countries shows no consistent or measurable associations between well-being and the roll-out of social media globally. Moreover, findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, the largest long-term study of adolescent brain development in the United States, has found no evidence of drastic changes associated with digital-technology use. Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University, is a gifted storyteller, but his tale is currently one searching for evidence."
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