The Rational Restoration solves the increasingly prevalent problem of loneliness and mental health. People function better in a community than in isolation or Internet networks.
Here, Jonathan Haidt explains the problems with Instagram and TikTok.
Usually I show slides, but this was my effort to convey what's happening to teen mental health in a conversation, with , at .
Includes 4 norms that would break us out of collective action problems around kids, phones, and free-play.
https://twitter.com/JonHaidt/status/1725181519726047634
He proposes 4 norms:
1. No smart phones before high school. They can have flip phones instead.
2. No social media before 16. The more parents who do this, the easier it is for other parents to do it.
3. Phone-free schools.
4. Far more free play and unsupervised play.
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According to studies, 25% of people feel lonely, but even more so in younger age groups.
https://www.statista.com/chart/31243/respondents-who-feel-fairly-or-very-lonely/
