Max Stossel

1. Award winning poet + filmmaker. 2. Founder & CEO,

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

THREAD: On #WorldPoetryDay, here's some insight for artists/poets wondering how you can reach more people.

The following videos were all viewed millions of times each and helped launch my career as a poet:

https://t.co/0ICyRjcu7p
https://t.co/FwymShojXT
https://t.co/3QqGICoz2S

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

I have a brand new live show! I'm very proud of it and if you're in NYC March 13th - 16th I hope you'll come!

It's about birth and death and motherhood and psychedelia https://t.co/dTvbOjt3w0

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

I was talking to a friend of mine who is a high school teacher at a school with a new “no phones in the classroom policy” and he said that he had to do something this week that he hasn’t had to do in years — ask students to stop talking.

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

Major!

Having these 7 hrs during the day where kids can learn focus, patience, how to be without their phones, how to manage discomfort, & how to talk to each other is critical, and such spaces are increasingly rare.

Thank you @JonHaidt for kicking this work into another gear.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

New paper from Norway: Banning smartphones in school

- significantly decreased doctors visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls
- reduced bullying among both genders
- improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates
- largest effect sizes were among the poorest kids

[Anne-Lorraine 🍀 @AnneSelke]

I'm still helping people write their wedding vows! People find it really helpful, and surprisingly profound. If you know people who are getting married in the coming weeks / months, I'd love if you could tell them about it!

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

Great overview from @JonHaidt on some of the ways social media, smartphones & gaming have fundamentally changed the landscape of childhood.

I have spoken with hundreds of schools, and not a single one has regretted an Away for The Day phone policy.

https://t.co/g7CrHz12zS

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

I’m giving a virtual keynote to hundreds of schools this Friday getting them to get phones out of schools by default…

And I need a space to do it in with better-than-hotel WiFi!

Anyone have a home or office near Boston I could use for two hours?

[Joachim - not here @JoachimBrackx]

And another episode (S03E13) is live!

Tune into my conversation with @MaxStossel, recorded on 3 Feb 2023 🔥

https://t.co/HpeHb5ZVmi

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

New study shows that TikTok and Insta trap young people, who feel they MUST use the platforms because… everyone else does. But if offered the chance to PAY to have everyone in their college delete the apps, most on TikTok, and half on Insta, would pay.

Also: most students say they’d PREFER to live in a world with no TikTok or Insta. Even most active users of Insta say that.

Social media is not a normal consumer product. The negative spillover effects are enormous, not just on non-users, but on active users as well, the authors conclude.

The business models of Meta and TikTok require trapping young users in this way. The presence of major external costs imposed on others--especially children--is the textbook example of why societies impose regulations, and why class action lawsuits exist.

See the summary, and the full working paper, here:
https://t.co/cdTVWgXXwi

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

Hosting a writing workshop this Sun, dedicated to processing and sharing what’s coming up for us around what’s happening in the Middle East. 💙 (on Zoom)

https://t.co/DcnmYIRmNV

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

@AlmostMedia @DaisyRobinton is working on this (and maybe even raising?)

https://t.co/yGnqncoKOX

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

This podcast was really different than the others I’ve done. Thanks for having me @eamonarmstrong
https://t.co/fHebrc9ReV

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

A tribute to the dogs in all of our lives, and the clever lessons they have to teach us.

https://t.co/SlDVvERBk0

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

A piece about growing up in the modern world, learning about sx through prn and the damage of that:
https://t.co/oCcM1awabG

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

Seeing God in each other’s eyes, and other lessons from my barber: https://t.co/giaR2Gu7AN

[Kaila Colbin @kcolbin]

Oh my gosh this is the most beautiful, poignant, heartbreaking reality of breaking up in the digital age... a masterpiece from @MaxStossel

https://t.co/2riOnAH40S

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

This one goes out to anyone who’s ever been through heartbreak in the age of social media: https://t.co/9nKzyxbYP2

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

@Shadow_Rebbe @MyOpinionGood98 Here you go:
https://t.co/oCcM1avCm8

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

@JonHaidt We don’t just ban phones at Michaela. We have a serious policy on encouraging parents not to give smartphones to kids at home either. Makes a HUGE difference. All bullying and altercations start on social media. Kids are much happier and achieve more without them.

[Max Stossel @MaxStossel]

What if aliens invaded and were giant and super sexually into dudes? 👽 This segment is part of my one-hour poetry special now streaming here: https://t.co/jnR2Tz2C2s

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