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The Brain Equivalent of Global Warming

By Edward Hallowell — 2018

Nobody’s proven that digital addiction rots your brain. Nobody’s proven that gaming 18 hours a day is bad for you; that texting 14 hours a day harms you in any way; that spending 16 hours in front of a screen per day is in any way toxic; that emailing is less healthy than face-to-face communication; that tele-communcation sacrifices any zest; as we gradually replace human moments with electronic ones we are losing anything at all.

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The Question We’ve Stopped Asking About Teen-Agers and Social Media

I’m not sure we should be so quick to give up on interrogating the necessity of these technologies in our lives, especially when they impact the well-being of our children.

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Cal Newport
2021
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An Introduction to Social Media Addiction

When it comes to the use of social media—a relatively new phenomenon—striking a balance between productive versus addictive use comes easier for some people than others. As recently as 2011, only 35 percent of U.S. adults owned a smartphone, according to the Pew Research Center.

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2022
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Does My Kid Have a Tech Addiction?

While addiction may make one think of hard drugs or alcohol, activities like video games, social media apps, and sites like YouTube can also become unhealthy addictions.

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Nimah Gobir
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Is Internet Addiction Real?

With kids spending more and more time on screens, parents worry that they are getting hooked

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Caroline Miller
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The Dark Psychology of Social Networks

Why it feels like everything is going haywire? Even if social media could be cured of its outrage-enhancing effects, it would still raise problems for the stability of democracy.

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Jonathan Haidt,Tobias Rose-Stockwell
2019
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A Solution for Kids’ Social Media Addiction? Teach Them to Use Tech More Responsibly

Enough of the hand-wringing; tech is here to stay. We can teach kids to use social media more productively, and be more responsible about our own use.

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Pete Ingram-Cauchi
2018
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