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The Case Against The Phone-Based Childhood

Reclaiming Conversation in the Age of AI
Sherry Turkle on AI, empathy, and the fight for human connection
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Sherry Turkle
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Artificial Intimacy: The Next Giant Social Experiment on Young Minds
How emotionally intelligent chatbots could trigger a new mental health crisis
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Kristina Lerman
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David Duc Chu
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First We Gave AI Our Tasks. Now We’re Giving It Our Hearts.
What happens when we outsource our children’s emotional lives to chatbots?
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Mandy McLean
65
Smartphone Gambling is a Disaster
We aren’t meant to have a casino in our pockets
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Jonathan D. Cohen
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Isaac Rose-Berman
37
It’s Not Just a Game Anymore
How new monetization models changed gaming, and what parents need to know
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Bennett Sippel
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Zach Rausch
86
The Mass Trauma of Porn
What have we done?
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Freya India
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New Study Finds Most Experts Share Concerns About the Effects of Smartphones and Social Media on Adolescent Mental Health
The largest-ever expert survey finds consensus about rising mental health problems, along with general agreement about some causes and potential policy…
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Jon Haidt
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Zach Rausch
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On The Death of Daydreaming
What we lose when phones take away boredom and interstitial time
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Christine Rosen
83
All the Conversations That Kids Are Missing
Alison Wood Brooks on the science of conversation and the art of being ourselves
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Alison Wood Brooks, PhD
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Snapchat is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale
In their own words, we see that Snap Inc’s design choices expose millions of kids to harm
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Jon Haidt
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Zach Rausch
36
An EdTech Tragedy
A groundbreaking UNESCO book on the damage wrought by ed-tech during COVID school closures around the globe
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Jon Haidt
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Zach Rausch
53
How Social Media Pushes Vulnerable Teens Toward Eating Disorders
Social media companies must take more responsibility to address how their products are fueling adolescent eating disorders
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Kristina Lerman
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