The long-simmering debate over what phones and social media might be doing to children and teens rose to a new level this year with the release of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt. Jonathan is a social psychologist at NYU and his deeply-researched book has quickly become a must-read for parents, educators, and really anyone who cares about the mental health of the next generation.
Next Big Idea host Rufus Griscom sat down with Jonathan for a two-part interview which we’ll release to podcast listeners over the course of this week. But subscribers to this newsletter can get a sneak preview of that conversation above, and paid subscribers can enjoy the whole interview today, including a downloadable transcript.
