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That story is incredibly disturbing....
Only one 11-year-old girl in an entire class did not have a smartphone...?
How long has smartphone ownership and normalized for that age? What age did they first get them?
That's got to be wreaking havoc on their developing minds....to say nothing of their social development.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, go long on pharma.
On the one hand, the grumpy old man in me agrees completely.
On the other, they've been saying this for all of history, since that new-fangled writing wreaked havoc on our ancestors' children's memories. And it did in fact do that, but we changed.
Attention span is just going to become vestigial in the general population as it becomes less necessary in an evolving technological and sociological environment, just like memory and penmanship.
You might want to take a look at this: https://jonathanhaidt.com/anxious-generation/
I'm sorry but not going to trust an author who has a very real financial incentive to sell a hypothesis. There are indeed numerous studies that do summarize the negative impacts of social media and smartphones on mental health, and it's also extremely true that the increase in mental health diagnosis can also, at least partially, be attributed to an increase in mental health awareness. My ADHD existed well before I got my hands on tech.
EDIT: to summarize, I don't really take issue with your comment, but I believe that you can find an even better source of information to link to when discussing this topic. Wishing you well!
I hear you. Not everything is because of the smart phones and social media. And I agree that awareness is increasing the diagnosis numbers.
I would be sceptical if I didn't know of this random author as well. But look into him, at least check his Wikipedia article. Maybe see his TED talk. Read a couple interviews. Don't accept my recommendation at face value.
There are a lot of people out there trying to make us feel lacking so they can sell something. But I don't think Haidt is one of those people.
I learned a thing or two from his material. Your mileage might vary, obviously.
Shame. He's a very good author